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Arthur Ispirian was born in Yerevan. From 1969 to 1979 studied at Y. Charents middle school of Yerevan, finished Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Yerevan State Polytechnic University. He started his musical activity in 1988 with the support of composer Artur Grigoryan. Together with Vahagn Hayrapetyan he had concert in Tallinn in 1989. Arthur Ispirian performed in Los Angeles with Artur Grigoryan and Tatevik Hovhannisyan, and in 1996 with the participation of Elvina Makaryan. In 1998 received “The Best Singer of the Year” award, in 1999 released his first music disc "Colors of StevieLand". During the annual Armenian Music Awards in Los Angeles four of his albums were awarded the "Best Album of the Year" award (2001, 2003, 2005, 2008), also received other musical awards. Arthur Ispirian performed with the State Jazz and Variety Symphony Orchestra of the Public Radio of Armenia. In 2002 was the producer of the concert film dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Artemi Ayvazyan. He filmed a number of music videos and in 2004 a 30-minute film - concert with songs "Karine", "Yerevan", "Erani te", "Late date". Arthur Ispirian has a collection of over 4,000 old records. Since 2017 he is the Head of the Funding and Digitalization Department of the Public Radio of Armenia, since 2018 is a member of Council of Elders of Yerevan.