Biography

	Demuryan Stepan (Gurgen)
Armenian:	Դեմուրյան Ստեփան Գուրգենի
Russian:	Демурян Степан Гургенович ;
Born:	12.06.1872 ; Tbilisi,Georgia
Died:	13.01.1934 ; Yerevan,Armenia
	Description:; Singer,conductor,musician-ethnographer,composer.

Was born on June 12(24),1872,in Tbilisi,Georgia.

Education

1892-1917 he worked in Shushi's diocesan and Mariamyan school as a teacher and conductor.
- 1895-1898 he worked in Goris as a teacher and conductor.
1903-1924 he worked in different cities of Russia,Transcaucasia and North Caucase as a teacher and conductor.
1924-1926 he worked in Baku as a teacher.
1926-1934 he worked in Yerevan's Abovyan and Miasnikyan schools as a teacher and conductor.
In 1921 he worked in Pyatigorsk as a teacher.
In 1926 he worked in Yerevan's Miasnikyan Abovyan school as a teacher.

Demuryan generally promoted his creative activity in ensemble genre.
He composed and for the first time announced "Qnar" song-book with Europen keynotes in Armenian reality.
He wrote songs,tunes,operas,collected and worked out Armenian folk songs.
Demuryan's songs were sang in Baku(1926)and in Yerevan(1934).
He had many concerts for the soldiers of Red Army.In 1929 he organized public concerts during Summer season in Stepanakert,he appeared in many club-houses.
He had free concerts in Pyatigorsk for the families in need and staged Armen Tigranyan's "Anush" opera.Demuryan's house was a point for many of Armenian intellectuals.Here one could meet composers Romanos Melikyan,Aram Khachatryan,Spiridon Melikyan,Martin Mazmanyan,singers Arus Babayan,Pavel Lisicyan and musicologist Ruben Terlemezyan,writers Charents,Azat Vshtuni,Gurgen Mahari,actors Janan and Hrachya Nersisyan,director Vardan Achemyan and architect Gevorg Kochar,painter Michael Aruchyan.
He was photographed in "Two nights" film,in addition,Demuryan's role as a martial leader had been highly appriciated.He also acted as Pepo in "Pepo" performance organized with teacher's efforts.
He died on january 13,1934 after short but agonizing illness(haemorrhage).

Demuryan Stepan (Gurgen)

Armenian:	Դեմուրյան Ստեփան Գուրգենի
Russian:	Демурян Степан Гургенович
Born:	12.06.1872 Tbilisi,Georgia
Died:	13.01.1934 Yerevan,Armenia
Description: Singer,conductor,musician-ethnographer,composer.