Arto tuncboyaciyan biography

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Arto was born in 1957, in Galataria, a town outside İstanbul.
Arto Sedraki Tunchboyachyan is an Armenian American avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian descent.

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Arto Tunçboyanciyan

“I don’t sit down and write music. The music I play is the sound of my life,” says Arto Tuncboyaciyan. “Something happens, good or bad, and it inspires me. And when music becomes the sound of your life, your life becomes music.”

It is the sounds of his life that are reflected in Arto’s latest album, released by Living Music, called EVERY DAY IS A NEW LIFE.

Born to an Armenian family, life for Arto began in Turkey, where at a very early age he became a well-known studio musician. He immigrated to the United States in 1981, and since then has collaborated with an array of outstanding jazz and world music artists. Although he has made a wealth of recordings with other musicians, EVERY DAY IS A NEW LIFE is Arto’s debut US album. The 11 original compositions on this new release reflect Arto’s multicultural outlook as well as the experiences which have marked his life, such as the sudden death of his brother Onno.

The youngest child in his family living near Istanbul, Turkey, Arto has been open to other cultures fro

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Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Armenian: Արտո Թունչբոյաջյան) (b. 1957 in Istanbul) is a Turkish-Armenian musician. Arto sings, accompanying himself on the traditional six-stringed sazebo, solos on the traditional double-reed duduk, and plays percussion. A famous avant-garde folk artist (singer, songwriter, percussionist, and multi-instrumentalist), he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular stint with Paul Winter and the Earth Band. He is also a member of the band Night Ark.

Arto fronts his own group called the Armenian Navy Band. He also worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu and the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki. His brother, Onno Tunç, was also a musician, and Arto pays tribute to him in the song, “I Miss You Every Moment, My Brother.”

His 2001 album Aile Muhabbeti was used as soundtrack in two films: Hemşo (2001) and Mon père est ingénieur (2004).

Serart is one of Arto Tunçboyacıyan’s latest efforts, a collaboration

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Arto Tuncboyaciyan

Arto Tunçboyaciyan, percussionist and singer, was born in Turkey in 1957 of Armenian descent of the Anatolian root. One of his greatest influences of music and life was his brother Onno, musician himself, who encouraged Arto to develop his character not just as a brother but as a friend and as a musician. At the age of 11, he began his career playing and recording traditional music with his brother establishing himself as a professional musician throughout Turkey and Europe. Music is a fundamental element of his life, by which he tries to communicate his great values: love, respect and truth. In 1981 Arto moved to United States to explore new creative influences and to add a new dimension to his own vision of life. Since then, he has given solo concerts of his own music throughout the world. In 1985 two solo albums were released on the Dutch Keytone Label: Virginland and Main Root. He started a meaningful cooperation with the Armenian oud player Ara Dinkjian, with whom he recorded in duo Tears of Dignity and Onno for the Greek label Libra Music. Two wonderfu