“The trumpet is a milestone of music. Its sounds are the closest to our hearts: in its simple finger holes one can find the soul with its emotions, the life with its familiar routines, the mind with its own mindsets and the heart with its genuine emotions…” This is how Komitas, the renowned son of the Armenian nation, the great composer, scientist, and the inimitable artist, once described the trumpet. In the family of Armenian folk wind instruments the zurna, bagpipe, flute (“sring”), “shvi” (pipe) and duduk have their unique places.
And it was the idea which encouraged Karen Hakobyan, and he was there from the very first day. Karen had traveled a lot in all over the world with this ensemble. People in abroad were surprised by the fact that one musician could play at various instruments at once.Karen Hakobyan plays almost at all wind instruments and he wishes to preserve, pass, develop and show the voice and tember possibilities of old Armenian instruments to people in all over the world.
