Nune Yesayan and Djivan Gasparyan Team Up
Duo Will Push the Bounds of Traditional Music By Paul Chaderjian AIM, May 2000 YEREVAN - Entertainers Nune Yesayan and Djivan Gasparyan need no introduction; their first names alone warrant recognition. She sells out concerts in Armenian communities all around the world, has four best-selling CDs, and her name is part of the pop culture lexicon in the homeland and Diaspora (AIM May 1998). He is known in the international music industry as the master of the duduk, the Armenian flute, works with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook and Brian Eno, and has contributed to several Hollywood motion pictures and performed with symphonies like the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a favorite of "World Music" and alternative radio stations around the globe, while she is a favorite of Armenians of all ages from all walks of life and celebrated by Armenian broadcast and print media. These two performers' celebrity may be an abstract concept for many, but it can be defi...