Datev Gevorkian on Acoustics and preserving Armenian music

Datev Gevorkian is a budding musician who embraced music at a young age. Now, as a college student at Gordon University (Wenham, MA), he has realized that one day his ultimate responsibility as an Armenian musician is to pass his culture on to the next generation. “One of my major influences is oudist Ara Dinkjian who once told me that when I get older and if a young person wants to play my oud, you let him!” said Gevorkian.

As part of the younger generation of Armenian musicians, Gevorkian is a multi-instrumentalist member of his musical family. His father Allen performs on the bass. His sister Tsoleen plays guitar. The rest of the Gevorkian family, including mom Sona and other sister Narineh, have always encouraged his musicianship and have artistic talents of their own.