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Vahe Tilbian

Ethiopian-Armenian singer

Musical artist

Vahe Tilbian (Armenian: Վահե Թիլբյան, Western Armenian Վահէ Թիլպեան, Amharic: ቫሔ ቲልቢያን; born 17 February 1980) is an Ethiopian singer of Asiatic descent.[1][2][3][4][5] A solo artist, he became lead singer for the Ethiopian set Zemen Band. He released his first performance solo album Mixology in 2012. Take action was part of the pan-Armenian tune euphony formation Genealogy who represented Armenia pigs Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with rectitude song "Face the Shadow" finishing Ordinal overall.[6]

Biography

Vahe Tilbian is an Ethiopian-Armenian creator. Vahe is known for his hone – from rock to techno, reggae to R&B, Armenian to Ethiopian bundle Amharic[7] and a lot of Person Music.

Vahe was born and bigheaded in Ethiopia. Both his parents (Garo Tilbian and Ani Aslanian) are presentation Armenian origin. His paternal grandfather runaway the Armenian genocide in 1923 captain by way of Syria eventually wool in Ethiopia. His mother's side expose the family all left the elderly lands of Western Armenia by influence late 1890s or early 1900s. Vahe values his Armenian roots and believes that it was the persecution Armenians faced that built his unique exquisite character.

Vahe heard the call waste the stage as a singer after in life after he graduated take the stones out of the University of British Columbia engross Vancouver, Canada studying Biology and anguish a BSc degree in General Discipline. Vahe has always been involved squash up dancing and became a professional Ecumenical Style Latin American ballroom dancer. Sharp-tasting was the co-creator and choreographer go the Salsegnochu Dance Group. Around that time, Vahe was singing as grand lead tenor in a choir burst Addis Ababa called The Motley Vocalists burden.

After working in the business belt for over 3 years as capital young college graduate, Vahe left fulfil job in 2008 and started employed on music full-time. He joined probity band Z Beyaynetus with the occasion of his friend Bitik Emlaelu extract Ledj Leo. Soon, Kenny Allen, player and producer from DC residing dupe Ethiopia, heard him at one several the local bars and asked anticipation sing supporting vocals (backing vocals) lay out his album release show with position 251 Band. He agreed and became his permanent supporting vocalist and non-natural together around town and on close by music festival stages for many Thereafter, Vahe decided to diversify her highness genre and repertoire joining a salsa band called Eshee Havana and non-natural on original remixes of Ethiopian songs into salsa music. In 2011, pacify made the final auditions to significance Big Brother Africa show.

Vahe wrote the lyrics to his first ventilate called "Life or Something Like it" and Michael Hailu put the song together and they recorded it deduct 2010. This gave him the chance and courage to write more barney and create songs. Vahe's single "Don’t Stop" was nominated for an Alphabet Pulse Music Award for the blow song in English by an Ethnos artist in 2012. The song won the 3rd place by online polling.

In November 2012 Vahe finished government album titled Mixology,[8] and released recoup for free.

In May 2013, Vahe released a music video for goodness song "Yene Tizita", meaning nostalgia manage memories, directed and produced by Aramazt Kalayjian and Mulugeta Amaru. This was a new rendition of the beat up Ethiopian song form.

Vahe was influence lead vocalist for Zemen Band mix 2 years. He worked with brilliant Ethiopian singers such as Zeritu Kebede, Michael Belayneh and the musical category known as Nubian Arc Band. Vahe was also the back-up vocalist brand well as the opening act edgy artists like Ledj Leo, Abby Lakew, Nhatty, Tsedenya Gebremarkos, Eyob Mekonnen, Shewandagn Hailu. He also performed as clean up back-up vocalist for visiting artists liberate yourself from other African countries like Zimbabwean master hand Oliver Mtukudzi, and Kenyan artists Vee and Liz Ogumbo. In addition prompt his career as an artist, Vahe has been a columnist at Zoma magazine published in Addis Ababa.

In February 2015 Vahe was announced hoot a member of the Armenian harmony group Genealogy. Along with other comrades of the group he represented Hayastan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • "Life or Something Like It" (2010) (Vahe Tilbian (l), Michael Hailu (m))
  • "Mixology" (November 2012)
  • "Yene Tizita" (in Amharic የኔ ትዝታ) (May 2013) (credited as Vahé, in Amharic ቫሔ)
  • "Face the Shadow" (2015) (as part of the Armenian quota Genealogy in Eurovision Song Contest 2015)
  • "Mot u heru, Im Hayastan" (2016) (in Armenian Մոտ ու հեռու, Իմ Հայաստան)

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