The Most Famous
MUSICIANS from Armenia
This page contains a list of the greatest Armenian Musicians. The pantheon dataset contains 2,662 Musicians, 4 of which were born in Armenia. This makes Armenia the birth place of the 46th most number of Musicians behind Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Armenian Musicians of all time. This list of famous Armenian Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Djivan Gasparyan (1928 - 2021)
With an HPI of 58.07, Djivan Gasparyan is the most famous Armenian Musician. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.
Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: [dʒiˈvɑn ɡɑspɑɾˈjɑn]; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the duduk". In 2006 he was nominated for Grammy awards for the Best Traditional World Music Album.
2. Shavo Odadjian (1974 - )
With an HPI of 48.25, Shavo Odadjian is the 2nd most famous Armenian Musician. His biography has been translated into 46 different languages.
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian (Armenian: Շավարշ "Շավո" Օդաջյան; born April 22, 1974) is an Armenian-American musician, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band System of a Down. He also plays bass in a trap group called North Kingsley. During the band's hiatus from 2006 to 2010, Odadjian collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA on a project called AcHoZeN, which contributed a number of songs to the motion picture Babylon A.D. A compilation album was released in 2015. Odadjian is also credited with the musical scoring of the film, alongside The Rza and Hans Zimmer.
3. Tigran Hamasyan (1987 - )
With an HPI of 33.69, Tigran Hamasyan is the 3rd most famous Armenian Musician. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Tigran Hamasyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Համասյան; born July 17, 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to this folk influence, Hamasyan is influenced by American jazz traditions and to some extent, as on his album Red Hail, by progressive rock. His solo album A Fable is most strongly influenced by Armenian folk music. Even on his most overt jazz compositions and renditions of well-known jazz pieces, his improvisations often contain embellishments based on scales from Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian traditions.
4. Sergey Khachatryan (1985 - )
With an HPI of 32.49, Sergey Khachatryan is the 4th most famous Armenian Musician. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Sergey Khachatryan (also spelled Sergei Khachatryan; Armenian: Սերգեյ Խաչատրյան) (born 5 April 1985 in Yerevan) is an Armenian violinist. Since 1993 he has lived in Germany where he gave his first orchestral concert at the age of nine in the Kurhaus, Wiesbaden. He made his New York City debut on 4 August 2006, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto in Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Osmo Vänskä. In June 2013, he played Shostakovich's first Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot conducting.
Pantheon has 4 people classified as musicians born between 1928 and 1987. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living musicians include Shavo Odadjian, Tigran Hamasyan, and Sergey Khachatryan. The most famous deceased musicians include Djivan Gasparyan. As of April 2022, 1 new musicians have been added to Pantheon including Sergey Khachatryan.
Living Musicians
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Shavo Odadjian
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Tigran Hamasyan
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.69
Sergey Khachatryan
1985 - Present
HPI: 32.49
