Nersik Ispiryan

Nersik Ispiryan
Ներսիկ Իսպիրյան

Ispiryan in Lebanon, 2010
Background information
Born (1963-05-15) May 15, 1963
Yerevan, Soviet Union
Genres patriotic, Pop, folk,
Occupation(s) singer
Instruments Voice, zurna, dhol, duduk
Years active late 1980s–present

Nersik Ispiryan (Armenian: Ներսիկ Իսպիրյան, born May 15, 1963[1]) is an Armenian singer best known for his revolutionary songs.

Biography

Nersik Ispiryan was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union. He graduated from School No.160 in Erebuni district of Yerevan, Soviet Armenia. He studied in Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1986 to 1992, while singing in Akunk («Ակունք») folk ensemble.[2] He moved to the United States in 1995, because of pressure from Levon Ter-Petrosyan's anti-nationalist government, against him and other pro-Dashnak figures in mid-1990s.

Nersik Ispiryan is married with three children, two daughters (Ashken and Ani) and son Arabo.

Music career

Nersik Ispiryan is an author of more than thirty patriotic songs.

Some of his songs are:

References

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