WHo is a Grammy winning American musician of Armenian descent, Armen Nalbandian or Arto Tunçboyacıyan?
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Armen Nalbandian Armen Nalbandian (born April 6, 1978 in Manchester, England) is a jazz pianist, composer, author, and activist from Los Angeles, California, known for his multidisciplinary collaborations in visual and fine art.
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Arto Tunçboyacıyan Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Armenian: Արտո Թունջբոյաջյան ) (born 4 August 1957 in Istanbul) is a Grammy winning American musician of Armenian descent. An avant-garde folk artist (singer, multi-instrumentalist), he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular stint with Paul Winter and the Earth Band. Arto fronts his own group called the Armenian Navy Band. He also worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu and the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki. His brother Onno Tunç was also a musician. He is also a member of the band Night Ark. He has won a Grammy award.
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Mike Reagan Mike Reagan is an American composer, songwriter and music producer whose music has been featured in multiple video games, television commercials, and various film projects, including "Any Given Sunday", and "Elmo in Grouchland", which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Children’s Soundtrack.
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John Fernandes John Fernandes is an American multi-instrumentalist musician.
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Armen Babakhanian Armen Babakhanian is an Armenian pianist.
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Anahid Ajemian Anahid Marguerite Ajemian (January 26, 1924 – June 13, 2016) was an American violinist of Armenian descent. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from the desire to help young composers of her generation have their compositions performed. Additionally, she enjoyed performing the music of established contemporary performers. She included these composers with the traditional repertoire.
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Daron Malakian Daron Vartan Malakian (Armenian: Տարօն/Տարոն Վարդան Մալաքեան, born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian–American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the rock band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway. Like the rest of the Hollywood-based band System of a Down, he is of Armenian ancestry, but he is the only member to have been born in the United States. Daron Malakian is known for his distinctive playing and is ranked 40th in Loudwire's list of "Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists Of All Time" and #11 in MusicRadar's poll, "The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever". He is placed 30th in Guitar World's List of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.
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Shoghaken Folk Ensemble The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble, an Armenian musical group, performs and records Armenian folk and troubador music. The ensemble was founded in 1995 in Yerevan. It has since performed in Armenia, France (including a 2006 performance at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris), Germany, Estonia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and the U.S. (including an eighteen-concert 2004 tour and an appearance at the 2002 Folklife Festival as part of the Silk Road project organized by Yo Yo Ma). The music of the Shoghaken Ensemble is featured on the soundtrack of the film "Ararat". In 2008, Shoghaken gave concerts during their second major tour of the US and Canada; the tour coincided with the release of the ensemble’s latest CD, "Shoghaken Ensemble: Music From Armenia".
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Alexander Spendiaryan Alexander Afanasyevich Spendiaryan (Spendiarov) (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Ստեփանոսի Սպենդիարյան , Russian: Александр Афанасьевич Спендиаров , November 1, 1871, Kakhovka, Russian Empire – May 7, 1928, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian born in Russia, music composer, conductor, founder of Armenian national symphonic music and one of the patriarchs of Armenian classical music. His compositions include the opera "Almast" (Armenian: Ալմաստ ՝ brilliant) and the "Yerevan Etudes," among others.
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Sirusho Siranush Harutyunyan (Armenian: Սիրանուշ Հարությունյան ; born 7 January 1987), known professionally as Sirusho (Armenian: Սիրուշո ), is an Armenian singer, whose musical career has been active for over 20 years. Her musical style reflects the Armenian traditional soundes mixed with the modern world music. Sirusho received her first award only aged 9, for her song "Lusabats". Sirusho's first studio album, "Sirusho", was released in 2000, her second album "Sheram" was released in 2005. In the same year, she was awarded "The Future of Armenian Music", "Best Album" and "Best Female Performer" awards in the first Armenian National Music Awards.
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Mihran Mesrobian Mihran Mesrobian (Armenian: Միհրան Մեսրոպեան ; 10 May 1889 – 21 September 1975) was an Armenian-American architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries. Having received an education in the Academy of Fine Arts in Constantinople, Mesrobian began his career as an architect in Smyrna and in Constantinople. While in Constantinople, Mesrobian served as the palace architect to the last Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed V.
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Avo Uvezian Avo Uvezian (March 22, 1926 in Beirut, French Lebanon – March 24, 2017) was an Armenian-American jazz pianist and cigar manufacturer.
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Juliana Jendo Juliana Jendo (Syriac: ܓܘܠܝܢܐ ܓܢܕܐ) is an Assyrian-American singer. Unlike many other Assyrian Neo-Aramaic-speaking artists, she has occasionally recorded songs in Turoyo, Chaldean and Arabic. She was born in Tel Tamer, Syria. She studied French literature at a university there. In 1980, she and her family immigrated to the United States. She currently resides in Royal Oak, Michigan. Furthermore, she is on honorary chairwoman of the organization "Nasraya Ad Dema" that she founded.
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Emilio Estefan Emilio Estefan Gómez (born March 4, 1953) is a Cuban-American (of Lebanese, and Spanish ancestry) musician and producer who has won 19 Grammy Awards. Estefan first came to prominence as a member of the Miami Sound Machine. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan and the uncle of Spanish-language television personality Lili Estefan.
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Guy Manoukian Guy Manoukian (Arabic: غي مانوكيان‎ ‎ , Armenian: Կի Մանուկեան ) is a Lebanese-Armenian musician, composer and pianist. He is a university graduate in law. He was also a basketball player in the Lebanese Basketball League.
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Adam Gubman Adam Gubman (April 7, 1979) is an American songwriter, arranger, and composer. Gubman's work varies from music from video games to pop and to television program's soundtrack, and it has been featured on dozens of television shows and commercials (including "America's Got Talent", "G4Tech TV", "MTV", "Real Housewives of Miami", "Aurora" and "Alguien Te Mira" by Univision , "Corazòn Valiente", multiple national "SKECHERS" campaigns). Gubman has composed music for more than 550 video games, many for prominent interactive software development companies (including "Ubisoft", "Nexon", "Sony Online Interactive", "Activision", "Square Enix", "Konami", "Electronic Arts", "GSN", "Storm8", "Gree","Playdom","PlayFirst", and Disney Online Interactive).
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Meredith Yayanos Meredith Anne Yayanos is a California-based violinist, vocalist and thereminist. Her work has been featured on tracks with artists including The Dresden Dolls, The Vanity Set, Revue Noir, David Garland and The Walkmen.
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Armen Takhtajan Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian (Armenian: Արմեն Լևոնի Թախտաջյան ; Russian: Армен Леонович Тахтаджян; surname also transliterated Takhtadjan, Takhtadzhi︠a︡n or Takhtadzhian, pronounced TAHK-tuh-jahn) (June 10, 1910 – November 13, 2009), was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus. He was born in Shusha. He was one of the most influential taxonomists of the latter twentieth century.
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Armen Der Kiureghian Armen Der Kiureghian (Armenian: Արմէն Տէր-Կիւրեղեան , 10 April 1947), is an Iranian-born Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of American University of Armenia (2015), Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
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Armen Donelian Armen Donelian (born December 1, 1950) is a jazz pianist, composer, educator and author.
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Clark Gayton Clark Gayton is an American multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer and musicians' rights advocate.
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Dogbowl Stephen Tunney, also known as Dogbowl, is an American artist, musician and novelist. He was a founding member of the avant-garde band King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) and has recorded many albums as a solo act.