Features Overview
Growing up in Artsakh and training as a jazz musician at the Yerevan State Conservatory before continuing my work in the UK, I have come to see artistic identity as something that evolves rather than stays fixed.
Inspired by artists such as The Beatles, David Bowie, Radiohead, Björk and many others, I see music as a space where genre boundaries can blur, and different identities can exist freely.
Instead of focusing on nostalgia, my work looks at how heritage can inspire imagination — how memory, displacement, and resilience can lead to new creative languages. I’m interested in a future where Armenian creativity is collaborative, outward-looking, and experimental, connecting local experience with global exchange.
Important to say, that I am not trying to globalise Armenian music into something generic. Rather, I hope to see Armenian artists feel confident enough to experiment — using our cultural heritage as a foundation for new ideas rather than a limitation.
Through composing, performing, and recording what I genuinely feel in the moment, I aim to contribute by creating sound worlds that are open and forward-looking. Living and working abroad, I’m often asked where I come from, and these conversations give me the chance to share Armenia — its culture, music, and creative spirit. I see my practice as part of bringing Armenian artistic identity into new spaces. Bands like System of a Down show how this can happen: although their music is largely rooted in rock and metal, their artistic voice helped bring global attention to Armenian history and identity. In a similar spirit, I aim for my work to communicate cultural presence through expression, connection, and dialogue.