Gevorg Dabaghyan Explained

Gevorg Gourgeni Dabaghyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Դաբաղյան; b.1965) is an Armenian^[1] duduk player of liturgical and folk music, born in Yerevan. In 1991 he founded the Shoghaken Folk Ensemble,^[2] a group of Armenian folk musicians and singers who specialize in traditional Armenian music.^[3]

He was part of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project in 2005^{[4] [5]} and appears on the Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon, a 2005 album by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.

Discography

Solo recordings

• [1996] Music of Armenia.Vol.3: Duduk(Celestial Harmonies)
• [2002] Miniatures(Traditional Crossroads)

With Shoghaken Folk Ensemble

• [1996] The Music of Armenia, Vol. 5: Folk Music(Celestial Harmonies)
• [2002] Armenia Anthology(Traditional Crossroads)
• [2004] Traditional Dances Of Armenia(Traditional Crossroads)
• [2005] Hasmik Harutyunyan with The Shoghaken Ensemble - Armenian Lullabies
• [2007] Shoghaken Ensemble - Music from Armenia(Traditional Crossroads)

With Komitas Quartet

• [2005]Vache Sharafyan-On The Fortieth Day(Traditional Crossroads)
• [2008]Lost Songs from Eden(Traditional Crossroads)

With Rabih Abou-Khalil

• [2007]Songs for Sad Women (Enja)

With Mannik Grigorian

• [1996]Mannik Grigorian – Van: Armenian Folk Songs(MEG Recordings)

Notes and References

1. Book: Afrique magazine, Issues 269-274. 2008. Groupe Jeune Afrique. 53.
2. News: Jenkins. Mark. Rev. of Shoghaken Ensemble, Music From Armenia. 7 December 2010. The Washington Post. 8 February 2008.
3. News: Cohen. Aaron. Shoghaken shines light on Armenia. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104152123/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/620480271.html?dids=620480271:620480271&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+19,+2004&author=Aaron+Cohen,+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Shoghaken+shines+light+on+Armenia&pqatl=google. dead. November 4, 2012. 7 December 2010. Chicago Tribune. 19 April 2004.
4. Book: Nidel, Richard. World music: the basics. 2005. Psychology Press. 978-0-415-96800-3. 151.
5. News: Toumani. Meline. Music: A Silk Road That Leads Somewhere Truly New. 7 December 2010. The New York Times. 10 April 2005.