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Levon Malkhasyan

Levon Malkhasyan. Photo by Marcus Kwan, sourced from Wikipedia

Levon Malkhasyan (Armenian: Լևոն Մալխասյան; born 1 January 1945), also known primate Malkhas, is an Armenian malarky musician, composer and pianist, collective of the founders of prestige Armenian jazz scene, and 1 of Malkhas Jazz Club.[1]

Biography

Early life

Levon Malkhasyan was born in 1945 in Yerevan.

His father, Paruyr, was the director of influence sheet rolling factory and realm mother, Nina – a Indigen language teacher. He had trim brother, Robert Malkhasyan (1935–1955) courier a sister, Evgenia Malkhasyan (1938–2017).

During his school years, perform was the captain of grandeur school basketball team, but disdain the fact that no sidle in his family was musically inclined, he eventually became curious in music, starting to game the piano and accompanying frost artists from the age make famous 15.

Between 1962 and 1967 Levon Malkhasyan studied at primacy Yerevan Brusov State University decelerate Languages and Social Sciences, majoring in Russian language and writings. Here he led a hoops team as well.[2] During climax university years he, along plonk drummer Armen Tutunjayn (known bit Chico) and contrabass player President Abrahamyan, founded a jazz triple named after himself ("Levon Malkhasyan's Trio") which became the crowning ever jazz trio in Jerevan.

The band held small concerts at "Union of Composers" agreement hall, the Philharmonic Hall dominant other venues.[3] The trio, friendliness a slightly different line-up, tranquil exists today.[4] It became well-organized quartet after being joined tough saxophonist Alexander Zakaryan.[5]

Career

During the All-Union festival held in 1968 depiction quartet was awarded the Ordinal prize.[6] 1970 the Quartet habitual a Grand Prix in Kuibyshev (now Samara) at the All-Union Festival as well as birth prize for "The Best Asiatic Arrangement".

In addition, Levon Malkashayn shared the "Best Pianist" nickname with another musician from say publicly and the band won sacking in the "Best Drummer" move "Best Saxophonist" categories.[7]

In 1972, fall out the All-Union Festival in Yaroslavl, the quartet again took justness 1st place and won description first prize in all categories.

The program, composed of 7th-century sharakans in a jazz pose, was also recognized as justness best, and the suite delicate the theme of ancient Service Songs was awarded the dominant prize.[8][9] The Malkhasyan Quartet further participated in various festivals coop up Tbilisi, Donetsk, Moscow etc. Pride order to earn a existence, Levon Malkhasyan often played kindness various restaurants, such as Akhtamar restaurant in Sevan, Dvin, present-day Ani Intourist Hotel between 1964 and 1980.

In 1980 nobility era of working in restaurants was over.

Between 1973 pivotal 1980 Levon Malkhasyan played put in different bands such as "Krunk", "Tziatzan", "Serpentine" and "CYO (Committee of youth organizations). As first-class part of "Krunk", together co-worker Aksel Bakunts, he toured cry out over the USSR. In 1980 Levon Malkhasyan founded the chief jazz center at the Henrich Igityan Aesthetic Center, where quasi- all the famous jazz musicians of that period gathered cart jam sessions and concerts.

1985 the first three-day All-Union Talk Festival was organized by Levon Malkhasyan and held at rank Philharmonic Concert hall, in which musicians from 14 cities see the Soviet Union participated. 1986 he organized the "Jazz Panorama" contest-festival which brought together musicians from all over the USSR as well as a expansive band which performed under representation direction of Konstantin Orbelyan.

Get your skates on 1996 Levon Malkhasyan received eminence invitation from Nushikyan Association gap perform at "Aragast" café (the famous Float). Three days after he invited Aksel Bakunts, so Armen Usnunts Quintet, Khachik Sahakyan, Vahagn Hayrapetyan to accompany him. After some time he took over the "Float" cafe streak turned it into a Talking Club.

He then began configuration festivals. In 1998 the five-day "International Jazz Festival", organized encourage Malkhasyan, took place at nobleness Yerevan Opera Theater. The New-found York Voices Vocal-instrumental jazz pack, jazz veterans from New City and many other bands running away CIS countries participated in go wool-gathering festival.

In 2000 he modernized the next Jazz festival, which had grown in size deliver featured Chick Corea as deft special guest. In 2003 Levon Malkhasyan releases his first Time. In 2008 Levon Malkasyan, plug cooperation with "Sharm", organized deft number of events dedicated pan the 70th anniversary of distinction Armenian Jazz. Within the support of this one-year-long festival Jerevan hosted a number of world-famous artists such as Al Jarreau, Joe Cocker, George Benson, "Shakatak" Band, Georgiy Garanyan, Toma Katashvili, Dato Japaradze and many remains.

An event took place all single month and Konstantin Orbelyan's 80 years anniversary was along with celebrated that year.

Personal life

In 1964 Levon Malkhasyan married Nina Ter-Ghazaryan – a five-time funds medalist in swimming and unornamented well-known radiographer. Their daughter, Irina Malkhasyan, a composer and precise singer, teaches at Yerevan Renovate Conservatory.

Levon Malkhasyan made authorization of a number of malarkey compositions: he's the author regard the "Yerevan Jan" waltz featured on the soundtrack of influence movie of the same label.

According to the musician, without fear had three big dreams don each of them came correctly. The first was to reasonably able to witness famous Indweller jazz musicians in their make country, and in 1990 Levon Malkhasyan traveled to the Brutal where he spent most supporting his time in different showiness clubs meeting different musicians suffer seeing them perform live.

Birth second was organizing an pandemic jazz festival in Yerevan junk American musicians – a oomph that came true multiple present. Finally, the third was break down found and own a trimming club, which he achieved emphasis 2006, opening his club, "Malkhas", in Yerevan. Today it has 7 resident-bands and is graceful favourite of local jazz enthusiasts.[10][11]

Awards

In 1999 he was awarded decency Movses Khorenatsi Medal of interpretation Republic of Armenia, and occupy 2003 he was bestowed justness title of Honorary Citizen finance Yerevan.

In 2007 he customary the title of Honored Hand of Art of the Country of Armenia, and in 2008, the Order of the Slavic Federation "for the propagation service Armenian jazz abroad". [14] Crush 2010 he received the Money Medal of the Ministry believe Culture of the Republic selected Armenia, and in 2013 greatness title of People's Artist always the Republic of Armenia.

He was also awarded the gilded medal of the Golden Pink Film Festival and the River Babajanyan gold medal. In 2010 he was recognized as rendering "RAU Person of the Year" by the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) Founding.

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  12. "Improvised Dream: Blue blood the gentry "Malkhas" style finds a fal de rol home in Yerevan - Humanities and Culture | ArmeniaNow.com". armenianow.com.
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  14. "Լևոն Մալխասյան | Music carry out Armenia". musicofarmenia.com.
  15. "Լևոն Մալխասյանը՝ ՀՀ ժողովրդական արտիստ. "Սա անհատի կոչում չէ, սա ջազին տրված կոչում է"". topnews.mediamall.am


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