Garik Saribekyan

Garik Saribekyan
Born	26 April 1970 Yerevan, Armenia
Genres	jazz fusion, ethno jazz
Occupation(s)	composer, musician
Instruments	piano

Garik Saribekyan (born 26 April 1970 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a composer and musician, band lead and founder of Nuance Jazz Band. Garik is widely regarded as one of the most notable characters on the Armenian jazz stage, and has been named Honourable Culture Contributor of Yerevan in 2014.

Garik Saribekyan was born in a family of musicians and has become familiar to musical instruments since early age. His father, now Honoured Artist of Republic of Armenia, has noticed his outstanding feeling of rhythm when Garik used to tap rhythmic beat sequences on a chair, who, at that time was nearly as tall as the chair itself. Due to this, many predicted his musical career as a drummer. Luckily, his music teacher gave him freedom to express and develop in the direction that he felt most passionate about.

Also, Garik used to listen to his father play on tar, which influenced his music in future to contain ethnic elements.

1977-1984 Garik attended Yerevan Musical Secondary School after Edward Mirzoyan - piano classroom and graduated with excellence.

1988-1993 attended Yerevan state conservatoire after Komitas piano composition department and earned Graduation diploma.

Garik's talent was quickly noticed, which enabled him to participate in various musical projects since 1993, playing piano in Yerevan's most popular music clubs (Mezzo,Kami,Malkhas,Retro music club, Yan's), in various official and private events in different Armenian regions, as well as in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Russia, Georgia, Iran, Doha and Sydney, Australia.

In 2008 Garik Saribekyan founded a jazz band called "Why Not". The group divided soon after creation, however rapidly gaining popularity in a short period of time, and having recorded 3 singles.

Garik Saribekyan's compositions have been included in a range of albums and works

In 2009 Garik founded Nuance Jazz Band. The band is well known for successfully experimenting with qanun in their jazz compositions.

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