SERGEY SIMONIAN

 SERGEY SIMONIAN PLAYS ARMENIAN MELODIES

СЕРГЕЙ СИМОНЯН ИГРАЕТ АРМЯНСКИЕ МЕЛОДИИ

Melodiya, 1987, M30 47659 02 

S. Simonian was a clarinet (side A) and zurna (side B) player from the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. The clarinet replaced the zurna in some areas but the zurna is still in favor generally speaking. In fact the Armenian clarinet is not that well-known here in France. It is played the same way as the Azeri clarinet for the same type of music partly originating in zurna playing.
Edik Avetissian plays the accordion (drone) and Babken Avoyan plays the dohol. Some tracks are Simonian's compositions in the traditional idiom, some are traditional dance tunes and two are by Gusan Ashot. 

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