COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS

ARİSTAKES ŞALCIYAN (ARİS HOVANNESYAN)

(1856-1937)

Armenian composer and songwriter. He was born and died in Balat, Istanbul and was one of the students of Aristakes Ohannesyan Şalcıyan. He started his career as a book seller in 1877. In 1896 he composed “Hicâzkâr,” “bestenigâr” and “Sanâ.” "Badmutyun Hay Tzaynakrutyan" is one of his works. (Ermeni Mûsikîsi Târihi ve Ermeni Müzisyenlerinin Biyografileri (1748-1909), İstanbul 1914, p.180.)