Ara Gevorgyan was born on April 19, 1960, in Yerevan (Armenia). Studied at school
N31 and at the musical school after A.Tigranyan at the same time.
1978 - 1980
Studied at Yerevan N8 college of Fine Arts.
1983 - 1987
Studied at Armenian pedagogical institute after Kh. Abovyan at the faculty of wood wide instruments and pop music department.
1987 - 1989
Taught conducting at the same Institute and was a leader of local pop-musical orchestra.
1992 - 1999
Worked at Armenian Television as a musical leader of "3-Aliq"
TV program.
Since 1983 plays in "Rally" band. He participated in a series of festivals.
He had concerts in different countries such as France, Syria, Lebanon, USA and other countries.
Participant of "Song - 85" International festival with "Rally" band.
"A Park of Culture" was founded by Ara Gevorgyan where each tree was named
after a famous Armenian artist was planted upon Ara Gevorgyan's initiative and with many trees yet to be plated there in the future
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide Ara Gevorgyan composed"Adana" song, which was further translated into 14 languages and was live performed on 24 April at Armenian Genocide Memorial by multilingual group of famous singers from different countries.
The "Adana" action continued on May 1, 2005 in New York, May 20 in Boston and May 29 in Los Angeles by the author's concert dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Ara Gevorgyan was awarded a prize for his contribution in the development of Armenian instrumental music.
He participated in the Opening Ceremony of the Cultural Year of Armenia in The Russian Federation hosted at The Moscow Kremlin Music Hall and honored by the presence of the presidents of Armenia and Russia Robert Kocharyan and Vladimir Putin respectively and the famous singer Charles Aznavour.
On September 2nd his concert took place in Stepanakert, the capital city of Artsakh(NKR). The concert was devoted to the 19th anniversary of independence of the NKR.
Ara Gevorgyan performed at a charity concert dedicated to
the 10th anniversary of the Pan-Armenian Fund held at the MGM
Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
Ara Gevorgyan co-operates with Armenian and foreign famous musicians and singers-
Jivan Gasparyan, Hasmik Leyloyan, Armen Anassian, Flora Martirosyan, Elvina Makaryan,
Suzan Margaryan, Ian Gillian, Demis Roussos, Pedro Eustache, Walter Rodriges,Daniel Decker, Malik Bend(Odessa) and others.
One can hear Ara Gevorgyan's music in number of films("Qrmuhi","Khnkarkum","Yar khushta", etc.), performances("Bari galust","Krunkner et dardzek" ,etc.), during various worldwide sportive events (figure skating, callisthenics, etc.).
Ara Gevorgyan is a son of Valya Samvelyan - a famous singer of Armenian folk and popular songs and he is a
producer of Valya Samvelyan's "Toghetsir indz menak" (You did let me alone) ,
"Anushik im quyrik" (My sweet sister) albums, "Valya Samvelyan" DVD and the book " Our Valya Samvelyan".
Hobby - has a big collection of toys.
During his concerts Ara gets many toys. His granting these toys to kindergartens has become a nice tradition.
Two kindergartens of Yerevan (N97, N140, N175 and N202 boarding kindergarten) have already received a great number of toys. In the 2003, 2007 Ara Gevorgyan presented part of his collection of toys to the "Prkutyun" Rehabilitation Center of Disabled Children and "Orran" charitable public (non governmental) organization.
On the initiative of the "AdvenTure" club the first
international rally "Metaksi Chanaparh" ("Silk Road")
was staged
on June 7-8, 2003 in Armenia. Both professional and amature racers
participated in the competition from all over the world.
Ara Gevorgyan and Sargis
Tashchian (navigator) participating in the competition for amature
drivers emerged as winners of the race.
The winners received the diploma and a prize
for the first place during the awarding
ceremony held on June 9. Special thanks to "Shant" company for
their sponsoring.
Hobby - has a big collection of toys.
On the initiative of the "AdvenTure" club the first
international rally "Metaksi Chanaparh" ("Silk Road")
was staged
on June 7-8, 2003 in Armenia. Both professional and amature racers
participated in the competition from all over the world.
