VAHAGN PAPAYAN

Born : 13.11.1971 Yerevan , Armenia

Education : Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (bassoon)

In Group Since: The very beginning

Previous Group: Dumbarton Oaks

Other Projects: None

Fav Bass Player : Ray Shulman; Chris Squire

Fav Band : Gentle Giant; Deep Purple; The Cranberries

Fav Album : DP “Concerto for Group and Orchestra”

YES “Going for the One”; KING CRIMSON “Red”

Fav Composer : Wagner

Fav Writer : James Joyce;

Fav Poet : Rudyard Kipling “IF”

Fav Book : “Lord of the Rings”; H.IBSEN “Peer Gynt”

Fav Movie : “That Very Munchausen”; ”Dead Poets’ Society”; ”Sliding Doors”

Fav Cartoon : “The Bremen Town Musicians”

Other Interests : Football

Dead Enemies : Italian Opera; Real Madrid