The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble (Armenian: «Շողակն» ժողովրդական համույթ) is an Armenian musical group that performs and records Armenian folk and ashugh (troubadour) music. The ensemble was founded in 1991[1] in Yerevan. It has since performed in various countries, including France (including a 2006 performance at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris), Germany, Estonia, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. In the US, they performed at an eighteen-concert 2004 tour and at the 2002 Folklife Festival as part of the Silk Road project organized by Yo-Yo Ma. The ensemble was also featured on the soundtrack to the Atom Egoyan film Ararat. In 2008, Shoghaken gave concerts during their second major tour of the US and Canada; the tour coincided with the release of the ensemble's latest CD, Shoghaken Ensemble: Music From Armenia.
Among its founding members are sibling singers Hasmik Harutyunyan and Aleksan Harutyunyan, and duduk player Gevorg Dabaghyan.[2] Its members play a variety of traditional Armenian instruments, including but not limited to the duduk, the pku, the zurna, the dhol, the kanon, the kamancha, and the shvi.[3]
Members edit
- Hasmik Harutyunyan: vocals
- Aleksan Harutyunyan: vocals
- Gevorg Dabaghyan: solo duduk, zurna
- Vardan Baghdasaryan: kamancha
- Karine Hovhannisyan: kanon
- Kamo Khachaturian: dhol
- Levon Tevanyan: shvi, tav shvi, blul, pku and parkapzuk
- Grigor Takushyan: dham duduk (drone)
- Tigran Ambaryan: kamancha
- Artur Arakelyan: ud
- Norayr Davtyan: kamancha
Discography edit
- 1995: Music of Armenia
- 2002: Armenia Anthology
- 2002: Gorani: Traditional Dances of the Armenian Homeland
- 2004: Traditional Dances of Armenia
- 2004: Armenian Lullabies
- 2008: Shoghaken Ensemble: Music From Armenia
References edit
- ^ "Music of Armenia - Shoghaken Ensemble". University of Virginia. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Romero, Angel. "Artist profiles: Shoghaken Ensemble". World Music Central. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Շողակն ժողովրդական համույթ". Tomsarkgh.am. Retrieved 21 April 2019.