Erik Valerayi Karapetyan (; born 5 June 1988), better known as simply Erik, is an Armenian singer-songwriter. He represented

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

in the 2011 New Wave international contest for young performers and achieved fifth place. He also won "Audience's Choice" of that competition.ZARK Foundation․ Erik Karapetyan
/ref> In 2016, he became one of the jury members of the Armenian

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Life and career

Early life

Karapetyan was born on 5 June 1988 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

. In 2005, he graduated from Tbilisi's Dzabatdze N79 Georgian School, in which he subsequently studied violin, and after the graduation he transferred to

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

. There, he started to study in the

Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan (), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned college of music located in Yerevan, Armenia. The institute was founded in 1921 as a music st ...

until 2011.

Career

In 2021, he won the first edition of ''Masquerade'', the Armenian version of the

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contest.

Songs

Filmography

Awards and achievements

Erik Karapetyan has received these awards:

References

External links

Official site

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Living people Musicians from Yerevan 21st-century Armenian male singers Armenian pop singers Georgian people of Armenian descent 1988 births Masked Singer winners {{Armenia-singer-stub