YEREVAN, AUGUST 5, ARMENPRESS.  Master of the duduk, legendary Jivan Gasparyan will give a concert at the Green Theater of Moscow Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh).  “Armenpress” reports citing kp.ru that the concert will be held on August 14. The website writes that everybody who has an opportunity to listen to his music admires the talent of the 86 year-old Jivan Gasparyan.

“USSR People's Artist, Yerevan State Conservatory professor Jivan Gasparyan started to play for Stalin when still a teenager and regularly presented Armenia in prestigious contests. Due to him the duduk made from apricot tree wood became recognizable worldwide”, mentions “Komsomolskaya paravda”.

A contest is announced to obtain tickets to the concert. Only one question is to be answered: “Among musicians who is considered as the best duduk player by Jivan Gasparyan?”

Dudukist Jivan Gasparyan was born on October 12, 1928 in the village of Solak. Gasparyan started to play duduk when he was six. In 1948 he became a soloist of the Armenian Song and Dance Popular Ensemble and the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra. He has won four medals at UNESCO worldwide competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). In 1973 Gasparyan was awarded the honorary title People's Artist of Armenia and in 2002, he received the WOMEX (World Music Expo) Lifetime Achievement Award. A professor at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory, he has instructed and nurtured many performers to professional levels of performance in duduk.