A.S.A.L.A. - Jivan Gasparyan - Duduk - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

The famous Armenian musician and composer. Professor of the Yerevan State Conservatory named after Komitas. The world -famous expert on Armenian national music, master of playing duduk.

And what is a duduk? Just an unpretentious “pipe” with nine playing holes and a double cane made of apricot wood root. And at the same time, this is one of the most ancient wind instruments known to humanity, which appeared a thousand years before the Nativity of Christ. By sound - something between the flute and Gaboom. The timbre is soft, warm, slightly nasal, and to incredibly sincere - that is, taking by the soul. And not just taking, but turning it inside out. “This is a tool that cries ninety -nine times and laughs only once,” says Jivan himself. Without it, they did not do in the old days, and now they can’t do it, not a single folk song, not a single folk dance.

At one of the tricks in the California Frezno, where among those present was William Saroyan - a famous American writer of Armenian origin, the old man of about 80 went to Jivan and, saying that in 1915 he lost his entire family in Turkey, asked Jivan to repeat for him The old melody that he had just played. Jivan fulfilled his request. Then again and again. The old man listened in deep peace, covering his eyes ... After some time, it turned out that he died quietly. His wife rushed to the musician almost with his fists: "It would be better if you did not come here at all with your duduk!" And then William Saroyan objected to her: “Maam, you are not right. This is a wonderful death. Personally, I would like to die like this - to the sounds of a duduk. It was not a game, but a prayer!”