Bambir
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Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
-rock band, formed in 1978 in Gyumri
Gyumri
Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 120 km from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 , is the second-largest city in Armenia.The name of the city has been changed many times in history...
, who have gained acknowledgement in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
and abroad. They have performed in Armenia, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, Moldova
Moldova
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, Russia
Russia
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and the United States
United States
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. Their repertoire also includes traditional Armenian songs, modern arrangements of Komitas and medieval Armenian music. In 1982 Bambir won the Folk Music Award at the International Festival in Lida
Lida
Lida is a city in western Belarus in Hrodna Voblast, situated 160 km west of Minsk. It is the fourteenth largest city in Belarus.- Etymology :...
, Belarus
Belarus
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. They celebrated their 20th anniversary in Moscow
Moscow
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in 1998. In 1999, the band released their first album
Album
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, called Bambirquake, in memory of the victims of the disastrous Spitak earthquake, which caused severe damage to the musicians' native city. In 2003, they released their second album, J & G (Jesus and Gregory), to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity
Christianity
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as Armenia's state religion
Religion
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.
Bambir were the finalist of the Eurovoice 2010 contest, reachning third place.
Members
Bambir (1978):- Gagik "Jag" Barseghyan – vocal, guitar
- Gurgen Hakobganyan – vocal, flute
- Armen Sargsyan – bass
- Vladimir Woskanyan – guitar
- Tatoul Eghiazaryan – violin
The Bambir - New Generation
- Narek "Bars" Barseghyan – guitar/vocal
- Arik Grigoryan – flute/percussions/back-vocal
- Arman Kocharyan – bass
- Vardan Paremuzyan– drums
Discography
- 1999 - Quake
- 2003 - J&G
- 2005 - Bambir
- 2007 - The Bambir'07
- 2010 - Imitate
- 2011 - Armenian Scotch