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Rosy Armen (born May 1, 1939 in Paris ) is a French singer of Armenian origin. She sings most of her songs in French and Armenian. She also sings in Italian , German , Spanish and English .

biography

Rosy Armen was born to Khurshut Hovannisian from Nakhchivan and Nvart Alozian from a suburb of Ankara . Her parents immigrated to France in the 1920s and met there. Although her parents turned down a career as a singer, Rosy Hovannisian, later Bedrossian , continued her passionately, adopting the stage name Rosy Armen .

Because of her success, she became known not only in France , but also in Europe , the Soviet Union , the United States and the Middle East , where there are many Armenian communities. They also took part in the Persepolis - celebrations in Iran in part.

In 1970 she took part in the selection rounds for the Eurovision singing competition as a representative of Spain . She sang the song " Gwendolyne ". Julio Iglesias sang the song in the competition.

Her repertoire includes music by Aram Chatschaturjan , Michel Legrand , Boris Pasternak and Yevgeny Evtushenko . She also sang as a partner of Julio Iglesias .

At the height of their careers, through the efforts of Michel Lancelot and Roger Benamou, French television broadcast their concerts abroad. In France she gave concerts in renowned music theaters such as the Olympia in Paris. She has also sung at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Los Angeles Music Center , the Place des Arts Theater in Montreal and the Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow .

After the Spitak earthquake in 1988 , Charles Aznavour invited her to sing the song "Pour Toi, Arménie" with him and others, which stayed in first place in the French Top 50 for ten weeks. In 1990 she made a tour of Armenia . Popular in the Armenian diaspora for several decades , it has now also become popular in Armenia.

Discography

Maxi singles

  • Moi qui t'aimais (Vogue, 1961)
  • Né pour moi (Vogue, 1961)
  • Cuando calienta el sol (Vogue, 1962)
  • Tu croiras (Vogue, 1962)
  • La dernière étoile (Vogue, 1963)
  • Prenez garde (Vogue, 1963)
  • Yes mi siroun (Vogue, 1964)
  • Si j'étais sûre (Polydor, 1964)
  • La grande Russie (CBS, 1965)
  • Bons baisers de Russie (CBS, 1965)
  • Le jeu des amoureux (CBS, 1966)
  • Dele divané (Top 4, 1966)
  • L'âme slave (Top 4, 1966)
  • Le ciel, la Terre et l'amour (Top 4, 1966)
  • La première fois (CBS, 1966)
  • Ailleurs qu'à Paris (Melodia, 1967)

Songs in Armenian

  • Bulbul
  • Noubar Noubar
  • Yes Mi Siroun
  • Oror Oror
  • Mardiguy Yerker
  • Yerevan
  • Bantertoutyan Anabadoum
  • Vayri Dzaghig
  • Yes Pelpoul Em
  • Tampe Tserine
  • Hingala
  • Kisher Tsereg

Albums

  • Rosy Armen (Vogue, 1963)
  • Rosy Armen (Melodia, 1967)
  • Si on se resemble (Columbia, 1968)
  • Gwendolyne (Columbia, 1971)
  • Yerevan (Iberia, 1972)
  • Rosy Armen (Ambar, 1972)
  • Blboul (Arka, 1981)
  • Aranjuez (Arka, 1982)
  • Hier et demain (PSI International, 1986)
  • Armenia (1992)
  • Le top de l'Arménie (PSI International, 1996)
  • Mi sirde ounem (Atlantis Records, 2001)

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personal data
SURNAME Poor, Rosy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hovannisian, Rosy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France