Martin Haroutunian

Martin Haroutunian is a musician who performs and teaches traditional Armenian wind and percussion instruments, including dap, dhol (kopal), duduk, parkapzuk, pku, shvi, sring (blul), and zurna. Martin has studied at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Folk Instruments Department under Khachatur Avetisian in the Wind Instruments Division under Jivan Gasparian and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He has also received private instruction from Professors Ohannes Salibian, Georgi Minasov, Gevorg Dabaghian and Norayr Kartashian. His critiques and reviews have been published in the Armenian Forum, Armenian Mirror-Spectator and Armenian Weekly. Martin has performed in Armenia, Canada, Cyprus, Holland, Italy, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, with several well-known artists in various genres. In 1989, Martin founded and has since directed the Arev Armenian Folk Ensemble and is a longtime member of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of Greater Boston.