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Arto Tunçboyacıyan

1957 - Today

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Arto Sedraki Tunchboyachyan (Armenian: Արտո Սեդրակի Թունջբոյաջյան; Western Armenian: Արթօ Սէտրակի Թունճպոյաճեան, romanized: Art'ō T'unjpoyajean; born August 4, 1957) is an Armenian American avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian descent. He fronts his Armenian Navy Band group and is also a member of the instrumental quartet Night Ark. Tunchboyachyan had appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went on to work with numerous jazz musicians, including Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul, as well as performing semi-regularly with Paul Winter and the Earth Band. He has worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu and the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arto Tunçboyacıyan is the 1,615th most popular musician (up from 1,721st in 2019), the 1,182nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,200th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Turkish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 1,615 out of 3,175. Before him are Brigitte Engerer, Darryl Jones, Kenny Drew, Michael Nesmith, Arthur Lee, and Richard Palmer-James. After him are Youth, Ron Geesin, Bill Monroe, Howard Donald, Josef Lhévinne, and Blind Willie Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 347. Before him are Alan Ball, Sainkho Namtchylak, Pietro Paolo Virdis, Andrew Cuomo, Yelena Kondakova, and Arkadi Ghukasyan. After him are Mihailo Petrović, Lluís Homar, Pierre Moscovici, Dimple Kapadia, Kozo Tashima, and Johannes Hahn.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 1,182 out of 1,347. Before him are Nevin Çokay (1930), Ayşe Erzan (1949), Kaan Urgancıoğlu (1981), Elçin Sangu (1985), Ali Rıza Pasha (1860), and Hazal Kaya (1990). After him are Bahriye Üçok (1919), Bülent Korkmaz (1968), Georgi Valkovich (1833), Ali Bozer (1925), Feridun Buğeker (1933), and Suat Mamat (1930).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ranks 11. Before him are Ayla Erduran (1934), Orhan Gencebay (1944), Âşık Veysel (1894), Selda Bağcan (1948), Arif Mardin (1932), and Fazıl Say (1970). After him are Şehrazat (1952), Şebnem Ferah (1972), and Burak Yeter (1982).

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