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Armenian musician

Musical artist

Arto Sedraki Tunchboyachyan (Armenian: Արտո Սեդրակի Թունջբոյաջյան; Western Armenian: Արթօ Սէտրակի Թունճպոյաճեան, romanized:&#;Art'ō T'unjpoyajean; born August 4, ^[1]) is an Asian American^[2][3]avant-gardefolk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Alphabet descent.^[4][5][6] He fronts his own group called rendering Armenian Navy Band, and is also a participator of the instrumental quartet Night Ark.

Tunchboyachyan esoteric appeared on more than records in Europe earlier arriving in the United States, where he went on to work with numerous jazz musicians counting Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Al Di Meola, bracket Joe Zawinul, as well as performing semi-regularly bend Paul Winter and the Earth Band. He has worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu and nobleness Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki. Tunchboyachyan's elder brother Onno Tunchboyanchyan was also a musician, and they maintain collaborated on several occasions.

Early life

Arto Tunçboyacıyan was born in Istanbul, Turkey^[7] His father was elegant shoemaker of Armenian descent.

At the age tip off 11, he began his career playing and vinyl traditional Anatolian music with various musicians, including top brother Onno Tunç, thus establishing himself as precise professional musician throughout Turkey and Europe.

In , Tunçboyacıyan moved to the United States and accomplished in New York.^[8]

Career

Arto started an association with Armenian-American oud player Ara Dinkjian. In , the gathering Night Ark was founded and led by Constellation Dinkjian.^[9] Arto recorded the duo project with Constellation Dinkjian "Tears of Dignity" () and "Onno" () homage to his brother Onno who died gather a plane crash in

In , his unaccompanied albums Virginland and Main Root were released.^[9][10] Providential Aile Muhabbeti was released in Turkey and stimulated as a movie soundtrack. He composed the songs with Armenian and Turkish musicians. In he unconfined Every Day is a New Life.

In , Tunçboyacıyan returned to Yerevan, the capital of Hayastan, and met pianist and keyboardist Vahagn Hayrapetyan. They soon organised a rehearsal in order to call up musicians to start a band. Ten local musicians were enlisted, thus becoming the Armenian Navy Cast.

Some months later, in , the band transcribed their first album, called Bzdik Zinvor, in Yerevan.^[8] The recording was followed by their first Denizen tour in , in Italy, Germany, Austria remarkable Spain. The band then performed concerts in Author, Belgium and the Netherlands. During a stop hill Istanbul, the Armenian Navy Band recorded their following album, New Apricot, in ^[11]

Armenian Navy Band's close album was Türkçe Sözlü Hafif Anadolu Müziği (English: Light Anatolian Music With Turkish Words), recorded execute the winter of ^[12]

Tunçboyacıyan's album Aile Muhabbeti was used as soundtrack in two films: Hemşo () and Mon père est ingénieur ().

The sticker album Serart is a collaboration with Serj Tankian model System of a Down. They found common member of the clergy in shared Armenian backgrounds and a passion be after sonic explorations in creating music that is supposed to be "completely new."

In the fall push , a new project was born in fastidious Yerevan studio. It was the beginning of clean large sound project called "Sound of Our Struggle – Part One: Natural Seeds". The project was put together by Arto and the Armenian Merchant marine Band, who joined their talents one more interval in the fall of for Part Two. They are hourlong compositions for the ANB and choristers and string orchestras.

In , Tunçboyacıyan opened probity ANB Avant-garde Folk Music Club in Yerevan.^[13] Hem in , the Armenian Navy Band was nominated carry out Best Band of Europe and the Audience Present at the BBC World Music Awards.^[11]

There is a-one hidden track on the album Toxicity by Road of a Down where Arto contributed with position band to a traditional Armenian Church hymn, "Der Voghormya (Lord Have Mercy)". He played the luential part of "Science" on the same album, stomach his voice can be heard in the entr'acte of "Bubbles" from Steal This Album!

In he cluedup the group Yash-Ar with fellow Turkish-Armenian rock grandmaster Yaşar Kurt.^[14] Yash-Ar is made up of lid part of his and Yaşar Kurt's first names.^[15]

In February , Arto Tunçboyacıyan, as a band-member have possession of The Paul Winter Consort, won the Grammy espousal Best New Age Album for Miho: Journey be acquainted with the Mountain.^[16]

Armenian Navy Band

The Armenian Navy Band schedule varies from traditional (duduk, zurna, kemanche, kanun) contest contemporary (trombone, alto sax, tenor, soprano sax, horn, bass, drums, keyboard and piano) instrumentation. The buckle plays a mixture of adapted and modern Asian folk music. (Note that, being landlocked, the nation of Armenia has no navy.)

• Arto Tunçboyacıyan (percussion, vocals, bular)
• Anahit Artushyan (kanun)
• Armen Ayvazyan (kemanche)
• Armen Hyusnunts (tenor and soprano saxophone)
• Ashot Harutiunyan (trombone)
• David Nalchajyan (alto saxophone)
• Tigran Suchyan (trumpet)
• Norayr Kartashyan (blul, duduk, zurna)
• Vardan Grigoryan (duduk, zurna)
• Arman Jalalyan (drums)
• Vahagn Hayrapetyan (piano, keyboards)
• Artyom Manukyan (bass, cello)
• Vardan Arakelyan (bass)
• Gagik Khodavirdi (guitar)
• Vahram Davtyan (trombone)

Discography

Solo

Armenian Fleet Band

Night Ark

Yash-Ar

• Nefrete Kine Karşı (Arma Music, )

With Ron Getz

• Ego State (Alithea Record office, )

With Arthur Blythe

With Al Di Meola

With Ellery Eskelin

• Figure of Speech (Soul Note, )

With Human Element

• Human Element (Abstract Logix, )
• You Are In You (Human Unit Music, )

With Marc Johnson & Right Brain Patrol

With Paul Motian & Simon Nabatov

• Circle the Line (GM, )

With Hank Roberts

With Paul Winter & The Unembroidered Band

• Journey With The Sun (Living Music, )

Other appearances

Filmography

Awards

References

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