# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/garbis-aprikian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:08:24.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/garbis-aprikian"
name: "Garbis Aprikian"
slug: "garbis-aprikian"
description: "Garbis Aprikian was a musician from the Armenian diaspora who was born in Egypt and moved to Paris in 1953, where he studied, inspired especially by Olivier Messiaen. He conducted the Armenian mixed chorus Sipan-Komitas for around 50 years, composing many works especially for the group and also arranging Armenian folk music and works of others. He combined melodies from Armenia with Western musical techniques such as harmonies and counterpoint. Aprikian is regarded as a pioneer of bringing Armenian music to France."
tagline: "Armenian composer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Garbis_Aprikian_%281a%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-10-06"
deathDate: "2024-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.12
  momentum:             11.25
  historical:           7.470374666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7032574/"
    handle:    "nm7032574"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2084505"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جاربيس اپريكيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbis_Aprikian"
    title: "Garbis Aprikian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbis_Aprikian"
    title: "Garbis Aprikian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A2%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "گاربیس آپیریکیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbis_Aprikian"
    title: "Garbis Aprikian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%B1%D6%83%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Կարպիս Ափրիկյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%B1%D6%83%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Կարպիս Ափրիկեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/066a4b83-f39d-4172-8c51-8cf06eb5214e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3095327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump