Vache Hovsepyan
Vache Artashesi Hovsepyan was an Armenian duduk player and renowned popular artist.
He graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory in the name of Romanos Melikyan in 1951. He had started performing as a popular musician on Yerevan radio in 1945 in Armenian popular and folk music. He has composed music for songs like «Էստոնական Երգ», «Իրիկնաժամին» and «Երեքնուկ» and others. He also toured in live performances in Armenia, the Soviet Union and worldwide.
With Andranik Askarian, he performed the duduk parts on "The Feeling Begins", the opening track of Peter Gabriel's , the soundtrack album from Martin Scorsese's film The Last Temptation of Christ. The duduk recording is actually an excerpt from a song titled "The Wind Subsides", originally recorded for a collection of Armenian music released by Radio France's Ocora label.
