Haig Yazdjian

Haig Yazdjian is a composer and a vocalist and an Oud player and a producer. He was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1959. His parents are Armenians from Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Turkey.^[1] He has lived in Greece, which is where he began his interest in Eastern music. His first album BEAST ON THE MOON was not that famous. But the second one TALAR, showed up in 1996, accelerated his popularity.^[2]

Yazdjian played on Loreena McKennitt's 2006 album An Ancient Muse.^[3]

References

1. Haig Yazdjian
2. "El armenio Haig Yazdjian presenta 'Amalur' en Leioa". Artezblai. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
3. Kallimopoulou, Eleni (2009). Paradosiaká: music, meaning and identity in modern Greece. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-0-7546-6630-1.