Vardan Ovsepian

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Vardan Ovsepian (born May 24, 1975 in Armenia ) is an Armenian-American jazz musician ( piano , keyboard , arrangement , composition ).

Live and act

Vardan Ovsepian, who has Armenian roots, attended the Romanos Melikyan Music College from 1990 to 1992 , then studied at the State Conservatory in Yerevan, in 1994/95 at the Estonian Music Academy, then at the Helsinki Jazz Conservatory and between 1997 and 2000 at the Berklee College of Music . Ovsepian worked with the Peter Erskine New Trio , featured on the albums Joy Luck (2011) and In Praise of Shadows (2016). Under his own name he released the solo album Abandoned Wheel ( Fresh Sound New Talent ) in 2001 with his own compositions.

The productions Sketch Book (2002, with Mick Goodrick , Joshua Davis , Take Toriyama and the singer Monica Yngvesson ) and Akunc (2004, with Joshua Davis, Agnieszka Dziubak , Take Toriyama, Monica Yngvesson) were also created for Fresh Sound . In the field of jazz he was involved in eleven recording sessions between 2001 and 2015. His duo Fractal Limit with Tatiana Parra , with whom he presented the albums Lighthouse (2014) and Hand in Hand (2016), won the first Achava Jazz Award in 2017 . His other band projects include the Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble (VOCE). He also worked as a music teacher and author. Ovsepian lives in Los Angeles.

Discographic notes

  • Voce (2006)
  • Aragast (2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 1, 2017)
  2. ↑ 1st ACHAVA Jazz Award for the duo Fractal Limit (jazz newspaper)
personal data
SURNAME Ovsepian, Vardan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian-American jazz musician (piano, keyboard, arrangement, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Armenia