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AZERBAIJAN'S DREAMS ABOUT DUDUK HAVE BURST LIKE A BUBBLE
arminfo
Friday, February 3, 13:57
For old time's sake the Azerbaijani Mass Media again speak of the
"plagiarism" by Armenian musicians. This time, certain Alihan Samedov,
a Turkish musician, Azerbaijani my origin, told Day.az a bloodcurdling
story about the famous duduk player Jivan Gasparyan who regularly
performs his music. Samedov's pain and sorrow are natural since he
has never performed Gasparyan's repertoire. It is hardly possible
to trust in this tale as far as Jivan Gasparyan is a world-renowned
musician unlike Samedov.
To draw parallels with Ivan Krylov's "Elephant and Pug", one can just
google "Alihan Samedov" and "Jivan Gasparyan" and see the results -
65600 and 482 thousand respectively. Neither can Samedov boast of his
views on Youtube. While his music on youtube is approaching 40,000
views, Jivan Gasparyan's Dle Yaman alone has been viewed by almost
300,000 times.
In this light, Samedov's statement calling the Armenian duduk an Azeri
balaban arouses just an indulgent smile. Suffice it to say that in
2005 UNESCO announced the sounds of Armenian duduk masterpiece of
non-material cultural heritage of humanity. No comments.
arminfo
Friday, February 3, 13:57
For old time's sake the Azerbaijani Mass Media again speak of the
"plagiarism" by Armenian musicians. This time, certain Alihan Samedov,
a Turkish musician, Azerbaijani my origin, told Day.az a bloodcurdling
story about the famous duduk player Jivan Gasparyan who regularly
performs his music. Samedov's pain and sorrow are natural since he
has never performed Gasparyan's repertoire. It is hardly possible
to trust in this tale as far as Jivan Gasparyan is a world-renowned
musician unlike Samedov.
To draw parallels with Ivan Krylov's "Elephant and Pug", one can just
google "Alihan Samedov" and "Jivan Gasparyan" and see the results -
65600 and 482 thousand respectively. Neither can Samedov boast of his
views on Youtube. While his music on youtube is approaching 40,000
views, Jivan Gasparyan's Dle Yaman alone has been viewed by almost
300,000 times.
In this light, Samedov's statement calling the Armenian duduk an Azeri
balaban arouses just an indulgent smile. Suffice it to say that in
2005 UNESCO announced the sounds of Armenian duduk masterpiece of
non-material cultural heritage of humanity. No comments.