Lilit Pipoyan

Lilit Pipoyan
Lilit Pipoyan performing in Los Angeles
Lilit Pipoyan performing in Los Angeles
Background information
Born (1955-06-16) June 16, 1955 (age 70)
OriginYerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
GenresContemporary folk
Years active1988–present
Websitewww.lilitpipoyan.com

Lilit Pipoyan (Armenian: Լիլիթ Պիպոյան; born June 16, 1955) is an Armenian singer, songwriter, composer, and architect.

Pipoyan belongs to a circle of modern Armenian musicians whose works present an alternative to the traditional folk, classical, spiritual and pop music.

Biography

Lilit Pipoyan was born in Yerevan to a family of artists.[1] Her father was an Armenian painter, Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR.[2] In her teenage years she graduated from the Spendiaryan specialized music school and later studied architecture, receiving her PhD in Theory and History of Armenian Architecture.[3]

Pipoyan's compositions are based on Armenian poetry and folklore. She is fond of medieval secular songs, for which she creates modern arrangements or new melodies when the originals are lost, with distinctly Armenian character. For the first few albums, her instrumental arrangements of the songs have mainly been with solo guitar or piano, but as time progressed, she incorporated a diverse array of wired instruments into her compositions.[3]

Since 1980, Pipoyan has been performing on the most stages of Armenia, as well as on such stages as Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, United States, Herba Buena Center for the arts and Palace of the Legion of Honor’s Florence Gold Theater in San Francisco, United States, as well as in Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Switzerland, England, Italy.[4] She sings and lives in Yerevan with her husband and two children.

Awards

Discography

  • Lialousin (1999)
  • Rouben & Lilit (feat. Ruben Hakhverdyan) (1999)
  • One Day of the City (2003)[6]
  • Blue Flower (2006)
  • Nav (2012)
  • Selected Songs of Komitas, Karaoke (2013)[7]
  • Borderless «Անպարագիծ» (2023)[8]

References

  1. ^ "New songs to be performed during Lilit Pipoyan's concert dedicated to her father". Armenpress. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Սուրեն Պիպոյանի գործերի համար Ազգային պատկերասրահում տեղ չկա (տեսանյութ)". A1Plus (in Armenian). 2025-10-21. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  3. ^ a b "A Journey into the Soul of Armenian Music with Lilit Pipoyan". Agos. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  4. ^ a b c "ABOUT | Lilit Pipoyan | Yerevan". lilitpipoyan. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  5. ^ "Armenian Music Awards 2004". Armenian Music Awards. 18 July 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Timely Hymns to a Timeless City (Published 2004)". 2004-03-07. Archived from the original on 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  7. ^ Jones, Alex; Masters, Tom; Maxwell, Virginia; Noble, John (2016). Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan (5th ed.). Footscray: Lonely Planet. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-76034-145-9. Retrieved 12 December 2024. Modern artists of note include Lilit Popoyan, a Joni Mitchell-esque singer and songwriter whose most recent album was Selected Songs of Komitas, Karaoke (2013)
  8. ^ "Խոսքի և երաժշտության ազատություն արվեստի մթնոլորտոմ. Լիլիթ Պիպոյանը հանդես կգա բացառիկ համերգով". 2024-12-13.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilit_Pipoyan