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Born in the city of Constanța, Romania. In 1946 he emigrated with his family to Armenia and settled in Yerevan. At the age of 14 he joined a mandolin group and stood out for his good musical ear. He taught himself to play the guitar and to sing at the same time. In 1966 the ensemble “Pod golubym nebom” (Under the Blue Sky) was founded, led by Honored Artist of the RA Edvard Baghdasaryan. From that year on he toured the major cities of the USSR. He played bass guitar and sang. In 1967 he performed in the hall of the Armenian Philharmonic, after which he was invited to the Armenian State Variety Orchestra as a soloist. In 1968-1973 he performed with the orchestra in Hungary, Poland, Germany, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, West Germany, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. In 1983 he recorded at Armenian Radio and appeared on television. He has sung in various languages: Armenian, Russian, Hungarian, Spanish, English, Polish, German and Arabic. He is married and has two sons. He lives in Yerevan.