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Papin Poghosyan was born in village Geghahovit, (region Martuni) Armenia. At the age of 15 he participated in song contest named after Sayat-Nova and won a gold medal. Papin studied vocal at Yerevan Music College after Arno Babajanian. Since 1978 he worked as a soloist at A. Merangulyan’s Folk Instruments Ensemble in Radio and Television of Armenia. He founded and directed Folk Variety Ensemble “Veratsnund” in 1995. Papin Poghosyan received many state awards and diplomas. In 1997 and 2001 he was awarded with “Golden Disc” in Moscow. Poghosyan was the Dean of the Cultural Department at Yerevan Culture University. He had tours in many countries around the world. Papin Poghosyan released several CDs and shot a number of video clips. He lives in Los Angeles since 2006.