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Aram Tigran
Born Aram Melikyan in Qamishli, Syria, on January 15, 1934, Aram Tigran or Aramê
Dîkran (Kurdish translation of Armenian) was a Syrian-Armenian singer and
musician who sang mainly in the Kurdish language. Also known by the Assyrian
name Aram Dikran, he grew up in an Armenian family originally from Diyarbakır.
He received his first oud from his uncle at the age of six. After completing his
studies, he turned to music and continued to learn oud technique, giving his
first public concert in 1953, during the Newroz celebrations, which gave its
title to one of his first albums. By the...
