Beautiful and sad Armenian traditional music played on duduk by the most famous Armenian folk musician in the world. 1. Black Sky 2. Kemancha solo 3. Did I Born from the stone 4. Male folk dance 5. Kanoon solo 6. Black night 7. Folk dance 8. Dhol solo 9. Sheppard solo 10. Female folk dance 11. Kemancha solo 12. Folk dance. JIVAN GASPARYAN - duduk; GRACHIK MURADIAN - kemancha; ALVARD MIRZOYAN - kanoon; GIRAIR MELKONIAN - dhol. Recorded in Moscow, 2000. Djivan Gasparyan is unquestionably one of the world"s greatest musicians, a living legend of the world music. He is the foremost virtuoso of the duduk, an ancient Armenian instrument that is made of apricot wood. No other instrument is able to convey the emotions of the Armenian people as well as duduk. Armenia"s most famous folk musician was born in 1928, in Solag, a village near the Armenian capital Yerevan. He won Gold Medals in four worldwide competitions organised by UNESCO. A professor at the Yerevan Conservatory, he has the the unique distinction of being the only musician to be given the honorary title of People"s Artist of Armenia. He has recorded soundtracks for dozens of Hollywood"s blockbasters. Gladiator"s sound track, where Gasparyan gave a great input and is co-author of some songs, has even won the Golden Globe 2001 for best soundtrack.