Tata Simonyan


Tata Simonyan is an Armenian pop singer and songwriter widely known among the Armenian diaspora. Simonyan received the title of the Honored Artist of Armenia in 2006, and was nominated for "King of Pop" in Moscow in 2008. To date, Tata has put on performances to audiences in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Holland, Belgium, Britain, France, Spain, Greece, Middle East and 45 cities in Russia. Tata has also played in several films.

Biography

Tata was born in 1962 in Yerevan. In 1977 he graduated from Yerevan V. Terian Secondary school N 60. During the school years he studied in the accordion department of the music school. Tata sterted his career in 1980 with the "Cilicia" ensemble. In 1996 he recorded his first album, Arena. He participated in the "Yerevan-Moscow Transit" project, where he performed with the Russian bands "Otpetie Moshenniki" and "Reflex". In 2006 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia. In 2008 his "Tata" production center together with Armenia TV company implemented the "National Star" project, the artistic director of which was Tata Simonyan. He has released eight albums for which he wrote the music and lyrics. Tata recorded duets with Lyubov Uspenskaya, Anatoly Dneprov, Kristina Orbakaite, Eva Rivas.
From November 2012 to April 2013, he was the coach of the Voice of Armenia project.

Discography

Here is chronologically the awards Simonyan has received so far.
YearAwardCategoryCityResult
2015Armenian Pulse Music AwardsBest Dance SongYerevan
2010Tashir Music AwardsBest AlbumAmenalave Du es