Hayrik Mouradyan
| Hayrik Mouradyan | |
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| Born | Hayrik Mouradyan May 3, 1905 Jnuk, Shatakh district, Van province |
| December 2, 1999December 2, 1999 | |
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| 🌐 Website | hayrik.am |
Hayrik Manuki Mouradyan was an Armenian singer-songwriter and ethnographer. Honorary Artist of the Armenian SSR (1985) and a participant of the Second World War.
Biography
Hayrik Mouradyan was born in the village of Jnuk, in the Shatakh district of the Van province, on May 3, 1905.
Each family member had their own thoughts and hopes for the future of the newborn. His father placed the Book of Lamentations (Narek) under his pillow, hoping his son will become a wise man; his grandfather, on the other hand, placed a knife there, believing his grandson will become a freedom fighter. The priest that baptized him was raised under the moral influence of Khrimyan Hayrik, hence he gave the name Hayrik to the baby.
During his years in Van, Hayrik studied at the local school. His teachers at school, including Barunak Kaputinkyan, geographer Matir Kheranyan, and music teacher Mr. Senekerim, were extremely patriotic people and it's believed that Hayrik learned national songs and folklore from them.
In 1915, when Hayrik was only 10 years old, the Armenians of Shatakh, including the whole family of Mouradyans, were forced to flee their homes. Starving and desperate, the Mouradyan family, that consisted of 54 members, endured tremendous hardships and passed through the horrors of mass massacres to reach Salmast (Iran). Then they returned to Van, fled to Iran again and eventually reached the deserts of Iraq. The only survivors after all these events were Hayrik, his brother, his mother and his uncle.
In 1921, they moved to Armenia and settled in Verin Artashat.
At first, Hayrik worked at a farm. At the same time he completed secondary school and later graduated from the Faculty of History at Yerevan State University. At the university he interacted with well-known intellectuals such as Hrachya Acharian, Yuri Ghambaryan, Gurgen Sevan and others.
In following years, Hayrik Mouradyan lived in Soviet Armenia. Over time, he held various leading positions in different regions of Armenia. During one of his work trips, he met his future wife, Anna. During that period he also met and got to know different Armenian villagers who taught him Armenian folk songs.
In 1937, like many other intellectuals, he was imprisoned. He was accused of being a supporter of Khanjyan.
During WW II, Hayrik went to the front lines as a political worker with the 64th international special regiment.
He was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War, the Badge of Honor, and a special medal for the Defence of the Caucasus.
In 1965, Hayrik Mouradyan's voice was broadcast for the first time. He was awarded the title of Honorary Artist of the Armenian SSR in 1985.
Hayrik Mouradyan passed away on December 23, 1999, at the age of 95.
Activity
Even though Hayrik was a historian by his profession and an author of many valuable works, he is best known as a performer of old Armenian traditional songs. He recorded with Armenia's National Radio and his voice can be heard in many well-known Armenian films.
Thanks to the efforts of Hayrik and his daughter Maro, the "Akunk" Ethnographic Ensemble was founded in 1980 under the State Committee of Radio and Television. This ensemble later gained wide recognition both in Armenia and abroad. In addition, they established the "Van" Ethnographic Ensemble at the Polytechnic Institute.
Hayrik Mouradyan was the inspiration and the advisor of the "Akunk" ethnographic ensemble, which was later led by his daughter, Maro Mouradyan. He founded and led numerous ethnographic ensembles, including student and children's groups, the most well-known of which was the "Hayrik Mouradyan" ethnographic song and dance ensemble, directed by Hasmik Harutyunyan and Rudik Haroyan.
Hayrik Mouradyan's performances of folk songs added unique emotional colours to the documentary films produced by "HayFilm", such as the "Homeland song" (1982), "Petros Duryan" (1973) and "Dances of Vaspurakan" (1973). His recorded performances were also used in the staging of William Saroyan's The Vineyards at the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan (1971). Two of his songs were included in the "Folklore of the World People" series published in Paris (1971), under the Armenian section.
Mouradyan had recorded around 200 songs, which are preserved in the archives of the Public Radio of Armenia.
Hayrik Mouradyan left a significant spiritual, cultural and literary legacy behind his name.
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