Vishup ensemble

VISHUP ENSEMBLE
Like a graceful river that both complements and continually redefines its landscape, the music of the Vishup Ensemble meanders through vast, storied swaths of Armenian history, at turns surging and gliding into domains that range from myth, lyric poetry, and metaphysics to gleeful ditties and the ploughman’s song.
Vishup was founded in Los Angeles in 2016 by flutist, vocalist, and guitarist Arik Grigorian; and vocalist and pianist Areni Agbabian. Other members include cellist Artyom Manukyan and drummer Vardan Duvendjian. The ensemble’s repertoire comprises both original material and odes to the art-historical.
An intricately calibrated straddling of earthy and ethereal, Vishup’s music is driven by the exquisite lead vocals of Areni Agbabian and the soothing, folk-inflected voice of Arik Grigorian. The singing is deftly woven with understated yet muscular textures of flute, guitar, and drums, making for a lush, wondrous sound.
Vishup’s original compositions and reinterpretations of classics alike thrive not merely on experimentation per se, but, ultimately, a sense of soaring liberty, of wide-open vistas, where passion — whether fiery or sublime — is given free rein. Vishup, after all, means “dragon” in Armenian.
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