Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia

Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia
Հայաստանի Զինված ուժերի Գլխավոր շտաբի նվագախումբը
Active 25 November 1992 (1992-11-25)
Country  Armenia
Branch Armed Forces of Armenia
Type Military Band
Size 36 (ceremonial honour guard band)
120 (combined band)
Part of Armenian Army
Garrison/HQ Yerevan
Commanders
Senior Military Director Colonel Armen Poghosyan
Artistic Director Lieutenant Colonel Ayk Grigoryan

The Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia is the central military orchestra of the Armed Forces of Armenia.[1]

Overview

It was formed on November 25, 1992 by the band's current director Armen Poghosyan.[2][3] It cooperates with the honour guard battalion of the Defense Ministry and has a separate branch in the battalion.[2]

The band has performed in parades, Tattoos, and state ceremonies, such as a joint concert between the General Staff Band and a band from the United Kingdom, honoring the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations.[2][4][5] The band has also performed in military tattoos, such as the Spasskaya Tower military tattoo in 2017.[6][7][8]

The band performed as a guest contingent in the Liberation Day Parade in Stepanakert in 2012.

In 2013, during his state visit to Armenia, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko praised the band, including its director Armen Poghosyan for its performance of My Belarusy (the Belarusian national anthem), showing a thumbs up as a sign of gratitude and telling Poghosyan:[9]

“I have never heard our anthem played so well"

As of January 2016, the band has taken part in 1,700 governmental events.[10]

Ceremonial Music

Armenian Music

  • Presidential Fanfare
  • Signal
  • Zangezur Stage
  • Fanfare
  • March «Defile»
  • March «Festive Yerevan»
  • Military March No. 1
  • Military March No. 2
  • Erebouni
  • Our name is Armenian Army
  • I have the honor (by Armen Poghosyan)[11]

Foreign Music

The band has a large repertoire of foreign music, which primarily includes traditional Georgian folk music and Russian marching music.[12]

Awards

  • First Place in the International Military Festival in Sweden (2010)
  • First Place in the St. Petersburg festival of military band (2008)[13]

See also

Websites

Videos

References

  1. ↑ "Armenian General Staff Military Band participates in the most important events held in the republic".
  2. 1 2 3 "Military song the best companion of Armenian soldier in battlefield". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  3. ↑ "PanARMENIAN.Net - Mobile". panarmenian.net. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  4. ↑ "British and Armenian military bands perform together in Yerevan – JAMnews". jam-news.net. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  5. ↑ "ftp.mfa.am/en/press-releases/archive/2017/06/23/125/". ftp.mfa.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  6. ↑ "The General Staff of the Armed Forces". kremlin-military-tattoo.ru. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  7. ↑ "The Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". kremlin-military-tattoo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  8. ↑ "At November 25th, the Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia celebrates its 25th anniversary! — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". spasstower.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  9. ↑ "Once in the residence of the president, we welcomed the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. According to protocol he had to bypass us, but he came up, shook my hand and said: "I have never heard our anthem played so well," and showed a thumbs up as a sign of gratitude". hayzinvor.am. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  10. ↑ "Զինվորական նվագախումբ. փամփուշտից ոչ պակաս կարեւոր". Mediamax.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  11. ↑ "Military song the best companion of Armenian soldier in battlefield | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  12. ↑ "ՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարարության նվագախումբը վրացական երաժշտություն է հնցեչրել` ի պատիվ Ալասանիայի | ԱՐՄԵՆՊՐԵՍ Հայկական լրատվական գործակալություն". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  13. ↑ "Dream of the musician and arm-wrestler | www.aravot-en.am". aravot-en.am. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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