Aram Tigran (Armenian: Արամ Տիգրան) or Aramê Dîkran (Kurdish rendering from Western Armenian), born Aram Melikyan (Armenian: Արամ Մելիքյան), (1934 – 8 August 2009)[1] was a contemporary Armenian singer who sang primarily in Kurdish. Among Assyrians in Qamishlo he was known as Aram Dikran. Tigran was born in Al-Qamishli in northeastern Syria to a family originally from Diyarbakır. After finishing ninth grade, he concentrated his efforts on learning music and playing Oud and by the age of twenty years old, he was singing in four languages: Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac and Armenian.[2] He is considered among the best of contemporary Kurdish singers and musicians.[3] He recorded 230 songs in Kurdish, 150 in Arabic, 10 in Syriac, 8 in Greek...
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