Civan Gasparyan da gitmiş.

Hayata veda eden Civan Gasparyan’ın hayata dair özeti: 

“Çıplak geliyor, çıplak gidiyor insan bu dünyaya; zamanı gelince veriyorlar pasaportu eline!”

1928 yılında Ermenistan’ın Solak kentinde Muşlu bir ailenin çocuğu olarak dünyaya gelen Gasparyan, altı yaşında duduk çalmaya başladı. 1948’de Tatul Halk Müziği ve Dansları Topluluğu ve Erivan Filarmoni Orkestrası’nın solisti oldu.

UNESCO’nun dünya çapındaki yarışmalarında 1959, 1962, 1973 ve 1980 yıllarında dört madalyaya layık görüldü.

Gasparyan bugüne kadar aralarında Sting, Erkan Oğur, Hüseyin Alizade, Michael Brook, Brian May, Ludovico Einaudi, Brian Eno ve Hans Zimmer de dahil pek çok önemli müzisyenle birlikte çalıştı.

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Jivan Gasparyan, Armenian Musician Beloved By Rock Stars And Hollywood, Has Died

You might not know the late Armenian musician and composer Jivan Gasparyan by name, or even by the name of his instrument. But you’ve almost certainly heard his duduk, shifting between keening wails and exuberant shouts, in movie soundtracks and scores ranging from The Last Temptation of Christ to Gladiator. A collaborator of Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook, Kronos Quartet, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Lionel Ritchie and Queen’s Brian May, among many others, Gasparyan has died at age 92.

His death was announced July 6 on social media by his grandson and protege, Jivan Gasparyan Jr. No other details were provided.

Gasparyan (whose names are sometimes transliterated as “Djivan” and “Gasparian”) was born Oct. 12, 1928 in Solak, Armenia, in a village near the capital city, Yerevan. At age six, he began learning the duduk — a double-reed instrument close to the Western oboe — from his father, who was also a musician. Years later, though, he said in interview with English music journalist Simon Broughton that his biggest inspiration was going as a boy to the cinema, and hearing duduk players accompany the films with their own improvisations.

From npr.org