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Grigor Rubeni Safaryan (born 20 May 1952, Akhaltsikhe) is an Armenian singer and music teacher. He graduated from the Akhaltsikhe music school in 1968 and from the Yerevan Pedagogical Institute in 1973, sang in the Armenian Song and Dance Ensemble (1971–1975), the Ye. Sahakuni Song and Dance Ensemble (1975–1994) and the Sayat-Nova ashugh ensemble (1992–2007), and later worked with the State Orchestra of Armenian Folk Instruments. He received the Movses Khorenatsi Medal in 2008 and the title of Honorary Pedagogue of Yerevan in 2017.