GYODAKYAN
DAVID
DAVID
Composer, double bass player, conductor
Member of the Composers Union of Armenia since 2021
Born on 07/03/1992 in Yerevan
1999-2006 – Sayat-Nova music school (piano class, prof. of E. Tandilyan)
2008-2012 – “computer programming” at the Russian-Armenian/Slavic/University.
Composition department at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) (prof: Y. Yerznkyan)
Since 2013 – artistic director and conductor of the State Youth Jazz Orchestra, jazz harmony, composition and bass guitar teacher at the Al. Spendiaryan Music School
Since 2014 – Sympho-Jazz Orchestra of the Armenian Public Radio and Television (bass-player)
2015-2017 – Chico’s New Trio, Aram Vardani Group (bass player)
Since 2018 – Armen Hyusnunts Jazz Quartet (bass player)
2018-2021 – Fifth Season (bass player)
Since 2018 – “Dave Giodakian Jazz Sextet” (founder and bass player)
Since 2019 – “Triangle” jazz trio (founder and bass player)
Since 2019 – YSCK (teacher of the “jazz harmony”, “improvisation”, “ensemble”, “jazz music stylistics and form analysis”)
2014 – “Through the Window”
2014 – “At the Best Place”
2015 – “The Armenian Recipe” for the Big Band
2015 – “For You and Me and Everyone” for chamber ensemble and jazz trio
2016 – “Missed Opportunities” for piano quartet
Fugue in 3 Parts in Es”
2016 – “Fugue ¾ in G” for string quartet
2016 – Symphonic poem for strings and jazz quartet
2016 – Jazz song “Only in a Dream” by Artur Solakhyan
“Leaving Dilijan” for jazz quartet
2016 – “This Night” for Big Band
2017 – For “My and your Yerevan” sound and Big Band, according to Artur Solakhyan
2017 – Symphony No. 1
2017 – 2 pieces for piano
2017 – “A View from Prague” for jazz sextet
2017 – Envelope for 12 instruments
2017 – “Daily Routine” for jazz trio
2017 – “Passing by the Northern Avenue” for Big Band
2017 – “Escape” for string quartet, 3 parts
2018 – “Old and New” for saxophone quartet
2018 – “Tigger” symphonic suite, for Aram Gharibyan’s film
2018 – “Saralanj Funk” for Big Band
2018 – Sonata for trumpet and piano
2018 – “Let it Go” for jazz sextet
2018 – “A Road to the Fairy Tale” for jazz sextet
2018 – “A Big warm Welcome” for Big Band
2018 – “A song for Emmy” for Big Band
2018 – “For All the Good” for Big Band
2019 – “On the Run” for Jazz Sextet
2019 – Symphony No. 2
2019 – “Cloudy Sky” for Big Band
2019 – “7 Paper Boats” for jazz sextet
2019 – “Uninvited Guests” for jazz trio
2019 – “Portraits of Abandonment” for chamber ensemble, /7 instruments/
2019 – “So Near and Yet So Far” for jazz trio
2020 – “Back Home” for children’s orchestra
2020 – “Now” for jazz sextet
2020 – “Drink Old Fashioned” for jazz sextet
2020 – “Missed Opportunities” for jazz trio
2021 – “Mother Narine” for voice and piano
2021 – “Man of Light” for the voice and Dixieland, by A. Solakhyan
2019 – “Problems of education in the field of popular music”
2019 – “Jazz in Armenia and its Armenian intonations”
2019 – “Exercises and compositions for children’s and youth orchestras”
2019 – “Exercises and compositions for children and youth brass bands”
2014 – Music for Change Festival (certificate for winning a scholarship)
2015 – Diploma from the Yerevan Municipality for his achievements as a conductor and teacher at the school after Al. Spendiaryan
2019 – Diploma from the Jazz Association of Armenia for his achievements at the Music School after Al. Spendiaryan
2020 – Diploma at the international Tutti-Jazz competition as part of the Karen Grigoryan Jazz Quartet