Aram Tigran

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Diyarbakir, Turkey

Aram Tigran (

Kurdish. Among Assyrians in Qamishli
he was known as Aram Dikran.

Tigran was born in

Syriac and Armenian.[2] In 1966 he moved to Yerevan, Armenia, at the time a part of the Soviet Union, where he was employed for eighteen years at Radio Yerevan.[4][5] He left Armenia in 1995 and settled in Athens.[4] He is considered among the best of contemporary Kurdish singers and musicians.[6] He recorded 230 songs in Kurdish, 150 in Arabic, 10 in Syriac, 8 in Greek.[7] In 2009 he was able to visit the villages, where his parents grew up in the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey), where he was welcomed in Diyarbakır[3] and gave a concert at the Newroz celebrations in Batman.[8]

Tigran died in

Turkish citizen.[8] Instead he was buried in Brussels, Cimetery of Jette and some soil from Diyarbakır was poured into his grave.[12]

He was married and had three children.[13]

Albums

  • Çîyayê Gebarê, Aydın Müzik, 2004.
  • Zîlan, Aydın Müzik, 2004.
  • Serxwebûn Xweş E, Aydın Müzik, 2004.
  • Kurdistan, Aydın Müzik, 2004
  • Xazî Dîsa Zarbûma
  • Rabin
  • Evîna Feqiyê Teyran
  • Keçê Dinê
  • Ey Welato Em Heliyan
  • Ay dilberê
  • Daye min berde
  • Diyarbekira serin
  • Aydil
  • Em hatin
  • Heval Ferat

Notes

  1. ^ Korkut, Tolga (10 August 2009). "Armenian Musician Aram Tigran to Be Buried in Diyarbakır". Bianet. Archived from the original on 2011-12-29.
  2. ^ a b c Interview with Aram Tigran Archived June 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, (in Kurdish).
  3. ^ a b c d "Armenian-Kurdish Musician Aram Tigran to Be Buried in Diyarbakır". Koerdisch Instituut Brussel. 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  4. ^ a b c d "The bard of the Middle East: Aram Tigran". Firat News Agency. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  5. ISBN 9780773597204
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  6. ^ Kutay Kugay,The way of Kurdish Music, Sing Out!, Summer 2007.
  7. ^ http://www.mmo.org.tr/resimler/ekler/d7970532bfa1449_ek.pdf?dergi=413 page:2
  8. ^ a b c Torgut, Tolga (13 August 2009). "At Least Some Diyarbakır Soil for Aram Tigran". Bianet. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Armenian and Kurdish Musician Aram Tigran Dies". IANYAN Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  10. ^ Armenian and Kurdish Musician Aram Tigran Dies, by Liana Aghajanian, Aug. 2009
  11. ^ "14 days in Diyarbakir". HyeTert (in Turkish). 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  12. ^ "Why was Aram Tigran not allowed to be buried in Diyarbakır?". Bianet. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. ^ "The bard of the Middle East: Aram Tigran". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
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