Hovhannes Badalyan | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Hovhannes Hambardzumi Badalyan |
Born | village of Shavarin, near Hamadan, Iran | December 15, 1924
Origin | Armenian |
Died | August 19, 2001 76) Yerevan | (aged
Occupations | singer |
Instruments | tenor vocal |
Awards: People's Artist of Armenia (1961) Professor of Yerevan State Conservatory |
Hovhannes Hambardzumi Badalyan (Armenian: Յովհաննէս Համբարձումի Բադալեան, December 15, 1924, village of Shavarin, near Hamadan, Iran – August 19, 2001, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian singer (tenor), People's Artist of Armenia (1961) and Professor of Yerevan State Conservatory.[1]
Biography
Badalyan's parents were from the Armenian village of Gardabad near the city of Urmia, and they became refugees when the Ottoman Army invaded northwestern Iran during the First World War. Hovhannes attended the local Armenian school in Baghdad, and in 1936 he returned to Iran where he started singing in Nicol Galanderian's choir. In Tehran, he studied and performed with Hambartzoom Grigorian and Karl Kulger. At the age of 22, Badalian left for Armenia, where he attended the Romanos Melikian Music College. In 1948, he joined the Folk Music Instruments Ensemble of the Armenian Radio as a soloist.[2] In 2001, his achievements were recognized with the Movses Khorenatsi Medal. Badalyan performed on many world stages from the Middle East to Europe, Australia, Canada, US and Soviet Union.[3]
Selected discography
- Golden Classics - Legendary Armenians - Hovhannes Badalyan
References
- ↑ (2005, in Armenian) Who's Who: Armenians, vol. 1. Yerevan, p. 189.
- ↑ Following in Hovhannes Badalyan’s footsteps
- ↑ "Biography". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-04-01.