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Richard A. Hagopian was born in 1937 of Armenian parents near Fresno, in central San Joaquin of California. He demonstrated his musical interests early and began studying the violin and clarinet at age nine. A year later he took up the ud, studying with the renowned Armenian artist, Kanuni Garbis Bakirgian. Being interested in both classical and Armenian folk styles, he collected phonograph recordings from the old country. Mr. Hagopian has issued four dance albums (known as the Kef Time series) and recorded an album of Armenian composers published by ARC Music in Europe. "Armenian Music through the Ages" was...

English: Yunus Özyavuz was borned in 1978 in Samsun. -First he started DJing in a local radio in Samsun. -In 1997 he came to Istanbul for his university education. "ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY PERSIAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE" -In 1998 He started his music studies by setting up his own music studio called "KUVVETMIRA". -In year 1999 he attracted the most attention when he appeared as "SILAHSIZ KUVVET" which is his first project and , in the first Turkish Rap album which various performers were attended called "Yeralt Operasyonu". -In year 2001 he released his first album as SILAHSIZ KUVVET "Sözlerim Silahım". -In...

Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan (born Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India, 1948) is a noted Carnatic musician and composer. His first music teacher was his own mother, and he later studied under Sri Ramanathapuram C. S. Sankarasivan. In 1984 he was invited to sing at the Adelaide International Festival in Australia (and included performances Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and New Zealand). In 1987 he was India's cultural ambassador to Russia. He has performed in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Bahrain and Sri Lanka and has visited and performed in the United States of America numerous times. Seshagopalan continues to...