Hagop Tchaparian

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Hagop Tchaparian
Birth nameHagop Simon Tchaparian
Born1978
Fulham, London, England
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Years active1994–present
Labels Text Records
Formerly of Symposium

Hagop Simon Tchaparian (born 1978) is British-Armenian musician, who released his debut album on Text Records in 2022. [1] [2] [3] Tchaparian had previously been guitarist for the British pop-punk band Symposium [1] [4] and worked as a tour manager for Hot Chip and Four Tet. [5]

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Early life

Tchaparian was born in Fulham, West London to an Armenian father and an English mother who ran a café together. His father Movses had been forced to flee as a child from Musa Dagh to Anjar in 1939 and moved to London at 18. [6]

Discography

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