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Listen to Arto Tunçboyacıyan, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Arto Tunçboyacıyan

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Here's to You AraratArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
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Zeytuni ZarArto Tunçboyacıyan & Armenian Navy Band
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Wild SilkArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
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Life Is Deeper Then What You ThinkArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
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AnzerArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
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Hay Mmm?Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
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Faceless WomanArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
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HamshenzinerArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
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HoonkArto Tunçboyacıyan & Armenian Navy Band
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GuloArto Tunçboyacıyan & Mistr Avangard-Folk

Latest Release

Listen to İnsan Garip Bir Kutu (Yazidis 73) - Single by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMİnsan Garip Bir Kutu (Yazidis 73) - SingleArto Tunçboyacıyan

More albums from Arto Tunçboyacıyan

Listen to Which One Is The Last Frame? by Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Kamarama & Davit Sukiasyan
ALBUMWhich One Is The Last Frame?Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Kamarama & Davit Sukiasyan
Listen to Hatunî Oror by Kamarama, Arto Tunçboyacıyan & Davit Sukiasyan
ALBUMHatunî OrorKamarama, Arto Tunçboyacıyan & Davit Sukiasyan
Listen to Gate of Frequencies by Arto Tunçboyacıyan & Fifth Season Band
ALBUMGate of FrequenciesArto Tunçboyacıyan & Fifth Season Band
Listen to Fake Island by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMFake IslandArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Life Is Deeper Then What You Think Brother by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMLife Is Deeper Then What You Think BrotherArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to SMS: Wrong Door Right Direction by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMSMS: Wrong Door Right DirectionArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Simple Like Water Deep Like Water by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMSimple Like Water Deep Like WaterArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Sound of Our Life, Pt. 2: Ethno Dispensary by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMSound of Our Life, Pt. 2: Ethno DispensaryArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Nefrete Kine Karşı by Yaşar Kurt & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMNefrete Kine KarşıYaşar Kurt & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Love Is Not in Your Mind by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMLove Is Not in Your MindArto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to How Much Is Yours? by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMHow Much Is Yours?Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Artostan by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMArtostanArto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Türkçe Sözlü Hafif Anadolu Müziği by Arto Tunçboyacıyan & Armenian Navy Band
ALBUMTürkçe Sözlü Hafif Anadolu MüziğiArto Tunçboyacıyan & Armenian Navy Band
Listen to Sound of Our Life, Pt. 1: Natural Seeds by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMSound of Our Life, Pt. 1: Natural SeedsArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Aile Muhabbeti by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMAile MuhabbetiArto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Bzdik Zinvor by Armenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMBzdik ZinvorArmenian Navy Band & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Onno (Walking On The Endless Road) by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMOnno (Walking On The Endless Road)Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Main Root by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMMain RootArto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Tears of Dignity by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMTears of DignityArto Tunçboyacıyan
Listen to Virgin Land by Arto Tunçboyacıyan
ALBUMVirgin LandArto Tunçboyacıyan

About Arto Tunçboyacıyan

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Hometown
Galataria, Turkey
Born
August 4, 1957
Genre
Worldwide
b. 1957, Galataria, Turkey. Tunçboyaciyan is a well known session musician in his home country as well as being renowned for his percussion work for artists such as Joe Zawinul, Chet Baker and Oregon, and has appeared on over 2, 000 recordings. He released his solo debut, Virgin Land, in 1989 but his first widely available album, Every Day Is A New Life, was not issued until 2000. Tunçboyaciyan is the youngest child of an Armenian family and was inspired to create music by his brother Onno, a composer and bass player. By the age of 11, Arto was a percussionist in a band alongside his brother. When his brother subsequently formed his own band, Arto joined playing trombone and percussion. He moved to the USA in 1981 where he carved out a respectable session career collaborating with jazz and world musicians, while also releasing the occasional solo album and recording with the instrumental jazz quartet Night Ark. The death of his brother in a 1996 plane accident appears (understandably) to have been a major influence on Tunçboyaciyan’s output. The event was the emotional catalyst for, Tears Of Dignity (1996) and Onno (1998), with Armenian ud player and Night Ark member Ara Dinkjian. The latter album included tracks entitled ‘My Royal Brother’, ‘I Know You Hear Me’, and ‘Rolling In My Sleep’. The theme was revisited on 2000’s US debut Every Day Is A New Life with the tracks ‘I Miss You Every Moment My Brother’ and ‘Dear My Friend Onno’. On this album, Tunçboyaciyan accompanied himself on the sazabo (a traditional six-stringed lute), soloed on the traditional double-reed duduk, and played percussion. In 1998, Tunçboyaciyan founded the Armenian Navy Band (Armenia is landlocked), a small orchestra rooted in Armenian and Anatolian traditional music. The band was formed with the explicit intention of creating a group to represent the sound of contemporary Armenia, and has recorded several albums including Bzdik Zinvor (1999) and New Apricot (2001). Tunçboyaciyan has also recorded with US alt-metal band System Of A Down (whose members are of Armenian heritage), appearing on Toxicity (2001) and Steal This Album! (2002), playing everything from an empty Coke bottle to his bare chest to a bucket filled with water. In 2003, Tunçboyaciyan collaborated on an album with System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian as Serart. At the start of 2005 he released two simultaneous albums, a duo project with Armenian Navy Band pianist Vahagn Hayrapetyan and the solo Artostan.

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Arto Tunçboyacıyan has also released music as a member of Armenian Navy Band, Paul Winter Consort, Serart, and Night Ark.