Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia

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Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia
Հայաստանի Զինված ուժերի Գլխավոր շտաբի նվագախումբը
Military Band
Size120
Part of Military Band Division of the General Staff
Garrison/HQYerevan
Commanders
Senior Military DirectorColonel Armen Poghosyan
Artistic DirectorLieutenant Colonel Ayk Grigoryan

The Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia is the central military band of the Armed Forces of Armenia.[1] It is currently part of the Military Band Division of the General Staff of the armed forces.

Overview

The band at the Mother Armenia monument on Victory Day (9 May).

History

On 28 January 1992, by order of the Minister of Defense Vazgen Sargsyan, the 1st Airborne Regiment was formed, which also included the first military band in Armenia. On 14 September of that year, Sargsyan created the Military Band Service of the Ministry of Defense, which was removed from the Ministry of Defense's structure and transferred to the General Staff on 25 January 1996. The actual band of the general staff was formed on 25 November 1992 by the band's current director Armen Poghosyan.[2] On 2 February 2009, the service was reapproved as a military division.[3]

Events

Domestically, it cooperates with the

daily newspaper based out of the United Arab Emirates) published an article describing the performance of the band and its appellant effect on the audience:[10][11][12]

"No-one was quite sure why the Armenian Military Orchestra was taking part until they started, that is.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai
, were pictured on big screens leading the applause"

As of January 2016, the band took part in 1,700 governmental events.[13]

Personnel

Currently, potential musicians participate in 5-year training courses at the Military Institute of Military Conductors of the

military schools in order to receive the education of a full-fledged conductor. Citizens of a pre-draft age, as well as male citizens and military personnel who have passed or are undergoing compulsory military service (whose age does not exceed 23 years), can take part in admission to military schools. 60 percent of the band are contract soldiers, with the rest being military conscripts.[14]

Ceremonial repertoire

Armenian music

Ten songs by Goosan Haykazun are performed by the band such as the following marches:[1]

  • Getashen
  • Armenians let us unite
  • Come zoravar
  • Dance Artsakh people

Most of the songs he wrote were written while participating in Artsakh War.[1]

Foreign music

The band has a large repertoire of foreign music, which primarily includes traditional Georgian folk music and Russian marching music.[15]

Awards

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev laying a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in October 2008. Members of the band can be seen performing in the background.
  • First Place in the International Military Festival in Sweden (2010)
  • First Place in the St. Petersburg festival of military band (2008)[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Military song the best companion of Armenian soldier in battlefield". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  2. ^ "Գնդապետ Պողոսյան. Բանակը չի կարելի պատկերացնել առանց երաժշտության". panarmenian.net.
  3. ^ "Ministry of Defense of Armenia - Orchestra Division".
  4. ^ "British and Armenian military bands perform together in Yerevan – JAMnews". jam-news.net. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  5. ^ "Press releases". ftp.mfa.am. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  6. ^ "The General Staff of the Armed Forces". kremlin-military-tattoo.ru. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  7. ^ "The Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". kremlin-military-tattoo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  8. ^ "At November 25th, the Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia celebrates its 25th anniversary! — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". spasstower.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  9. ^ "Once in the residence of the president, we welcomed the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. According to protocol he had to bypass us, but he came up, shook my hand and said: "I have never heard our anthem played so well," and showed a thumbs up as a sign of gratitude". hayzinvor.am. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  10. ^ "'Superpower in the world of military orchestra' - Armenia's brilliant performance at IDEX 2019 gets global critical acclaim".
  11. ^ "Idex 2019: A show of military might and modern warfare". 18 February 2019.
  12. ^ "'Superpower in the world of military orchestra' - Armenia's brilliant performance at IDEX 2019 gets global critical acclaim Video". 20 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Զինվորական նվագախումբ. փամփուշտից ոչ պակաս կարեւոր". Mediamax.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  14. ^ "В оркестре ВС ищут новые кадры: объявлен прием дирижеров".
  15. ^ "ՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարարության նվագախումբը վրացական երաժշտություն է հնցեչրել' ի պատիվ Ալասանիայի | ԱՐՄԵՆՊՐԵՍ Հայկական լրատվական գործակալություն". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  16. ^ "Dream of the musician and arm-wrestler | www.aravot-en.am". aravot-en.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.

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Websites

Videos

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