Haig Papazian
Haig Papazian (Arabic: هايغ بابازيان) is a Lebanese-Armenian musician who is the lead violinist of alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila.[1]
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Rudolstadt-Festival 2018 | |
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Born | Lebanon | 8 December 1987
Genres | Alternative rock, Indie |
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Associated acts | Mashrou' Leila |
Biography
Haig Papazian was born in Beirut. He started to play the violin at an early age, studying in an Armenian music school. Papazian co-founded Mashrou' Leila in 2008 while studying architecture at the American University of Beirut.[2][3] Besides a successful musical career, he pursued architectural studies, receiving Fawzi Azar Architectural Award in 2008.[4]
Papazian has been featured on the cover of and Jordan's My.Kali magazine.[5][6] and on the cover of the Middle East edition of Rolling Stone magazine as part of Mashrou' Leila.[7]
gollark: You should make Minoteaur.
gollark: Hmm. I suspect this is a language model from somewhere finetuned a bit for code. If only this actually worked so I could test things.
gollark: Depends how it works, but maybe.
gollark: Think of it as a swarm of bees, but unintelligent.
gollark: What if the comment says it does work?
References
- Egypt Independent: The obsessions of Mashrou Leila
- Agenda Culturel: Haig Papazian : "Je voudrais mourir en héros" (in French)
- The Guardian: Mashrou' Leila: the Lebanese band changing the tune of Arab politics
- "American University of Beirut: AUB student Haig Papazian receives $10,000 architecture award". Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- Beirut.com: Haig Papazian on MyKali magazine cover
- MyKali Mag: The Violinist Haig Papazian/
- Alarabiya English: Rolling Stone Mideast choose first regional artists for cover
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