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JIVAN GASPARYAN PRESENTED WITH SWORD



On November 24 the Defense Minister of Armenia, Seyran Ohanyan, received world known duduk player, composer, People’s Artist of Armenia, laureate of a number of international awards Jivan Gasparyan.

The Minister congratulated the renowned musician on his 80th birthday and wished him a long life, endless vigour, creative success and realisation of cherished dreams.

During the meeting Seyran Ohanyan noted that invaluable is Jivan Gasparyan’s immense contribution to making the Armenian music better known in the world: thanks to him Armenia appears before the world with duduk, which sounds from the most famous stages of the world and in the most popular films, exciting people’s hearts, affording real pleasure.

“Unaware of the Armenian musical instruments, the world was once surprised to see how easily that simple wooden instrument wins the hearts of people. In this sense, it’s hard to overestimate the importance of your decades-long devoted activity, since culture has always been of vital importance for the Armenian nation,” the Defense Minister said. Seyran Ohanyan presented a symbolic sword to Jivan Gasparyan , wishing that the sword and duduk be always inseparable.