Lévon Sayan

Lévon Sayan

Sayan and Aznavour
Born Levon Sanosyan
(1934-12-17)17 December 1934
Aix-en-Provence
Nationality French and Armenian
Ethnicity Armenian
Occupation tenor
Producer
Impresario
Years active 1964 –
Known for Manager of:
Charles Aznavour
Liza Minnelli
Plácido Domingo
Mario del Monaco
Website

Lévon Sayan or Levon Sanosyan (Armenian: Լևոն Սայան, born December 17, 1934) is a French-Armenian impresario and producer, as well as an operatic tenor.

Biography

Lévon Sayan was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, in a family of Armenian Genocide survivors from Sivas, who tried to emigrate to the US.[1][2] He served in the French army in Indochina. In 1956 he moved to the US, where worked as the President of the New York Association of VIP hairdressing. He started a career as a classical singer in 1966. Sayan recorded his first disc with Renée Doria. As a tenor, he sang in "Rigoletto", "Faust", "Carmen" and other operas.

He has also been the impresario of Liza Minnelli, Plácido Domingo and Mario del Monaco, and he is widely known as the long-time (since 1964) impresario and friend of Charles Aznavour.[3]

Sayan is an officer of the "Légion d'honneur".[4] He is one of the founders (among with charles Aznavour) of the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia. In 1989 he visited Armenia for the first time. In 2008 Aznavour and Sayan were granted Armenian citizenship by the President of Armenia.

On May 23, 2003, during a special reception the president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, honored him with the Khorenatsi medal.[5] In 2006 he received the "Special Prize" of the Armenian National Music Award. In 2009 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on awarding Lévon Sayan with the Order of Honor.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Levon Sayan, Le Parisien, 2006
  2. ↑ Левон Саян. Единственный и неповторимый
  3. ↑ Levon Sayan, Le Parisien, 2006
  4. ↑ Французский актер Жан Рено награжден Орденом Почетного легиона
  5. ↑ President.am News
  6. ↑ Levon Sayan awarded Order of Honor of Armenia, Noyan Tapan, 2009
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