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Garbis Aprikian
Armenian composer (1926–2024)
Garbis Aprikian (1926 – 15 October 2024) was a musician from the Armenian diaspora who was born in Egypt and moved to Paris in 1953, where he studied, inspired especially by Olivier Messiaen.
He conducted the Armenian mixed chorus Sipan-Komitas for around 50 years, composing many works especially for the group and also arranging Armenian folk music and works of others.
Komitas songs
He combined melodies from Armenia with Western musical techniques such as harmonies and counterpoint. Aprikian is regarded as a pioneer of bringing Armenian music to France.
Biography
Aprikian was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1926.[1][2] He studied at the Armenian National Boghossian primary school and then at the American College.
From the age of ten he began serious music lessons with Maestro Frapicini, a student of Pietro Mascagni, in piano as well as in harmony and counterpoint.[3]: 17 [2] He sang in
