A R P I
A L T O
ARMENIAN INTERNET
SINGING SENSATION
MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED AS
JULIA ROBERTS OLDEST DAUGHTER
FOR HER UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE
TO PRETTY WOMAN
TO PRETTY WOMAN
E X C L U S I V E
HER VERY FIRST INTERVIEW
IN THE UNITED STATES
Arpine Mikaeli Ter-Petrosyan (born on September 30, 1990),
known professionally as Arpi Alto, is a singer, songwriter, musician, performer
and record producer from Armenia. She was born in the Armenian capital Yerevan
on September 30, 1990, into a family of artists and musicians. Her mother,
Anahit Ter Petrosyan, is a musician, jazz artist, music teacher and composer.
Her father, Mikayel Ter Petrosyan, is a sculptor, painter,
visual artist, and expert in hand-made carpets. The roots of Arpi’s artistic
inclinations lie with her family, and especially her maternal grandmother. Arpi
credits her maternal grandmother for creating a colorful and magical fantasy
world for Arpi to help cope with war, death, deprivation, and economic hardship
in Armenia. Arpi was exposed from a young age to a varied and eclectic mix of
musical influences, ranging from traditional Armenian folk songs and classical
music to jazz and pop.
Arpi’s formal musical education began in 2000, when she
started attending music school. In 2010, at the age of 20, she joined the
Armenian State Pedagogical University in Yerevan to study music and received
her formal education as a pianist. She graduated with a master’s degree in
2016.
It was during the years of her musical education that Arpi’s
unique voice began to draw attention. Arpi’s voice is described as contralto,
which is the lowest female voice and lends itself very well to musical
categories like classical and jazz.
Arpi’s professional career began in 2011, when she joined the
Geghard Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Mher Navoyan and with Anahit
Papoyan as conductor. The ensemble has traveled extensively for concerts in
Germany, Austria, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Belarus, Poland, Italy,
Belgium, Lebanon, Russia, and Sweden. The ensemble has also released three
albums:” Armenian Music” (2002), “Armenian Altar” (2005), and “Mystery Deep”
(2013). Apri Alto performed with the Geghard Ensemble until 2017. 2013-present:
Armenian National Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater In 2013 Apri joined
the Armenian National Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre named after
Alexander Spendaryan under the artistic direction and conductorship of
Constantine Orbelian.
In the winter of 2019/2020 Arpi began experimenting with solo
work outside the framework of musical ensembles, especially jazz and bossa nova
classics and Armenian traditional folk songs. In early 2020 Arpi released
covers of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, Lana del Rey’s “Doin’
Time”, “What a Difference a Day Makes”, and “The Way You Look Tonight”.
The coronavirus outbreak in the Spring of 2020 gave Arpi the
opportunity to expand her solo efforts with more jazz standards and covers of
popular classics. The breakthrough came when Arpi’s cover of the Brazilian
bossa nova classic “The Girl From Ipanema” (Garota de Ipanema) went viral and
boosted Arpi’s fast-growing worldwide audience. After the success of “The Girl
From Ipanema”, Arpi launched an indie record company Ginosi Music with cousin
Areg Ginosian and his partner Amoor David Avakian.
Arpi has become an internet sensation especially on You Tube.
She has an uncanny resemblance to a young Julia Roberts, especially in the
Pretty Woman movie and has been mistakenly identified as Julia Roberts older
daughter.
For more information
about
ARPI ALTO
visit
Arpi Alto official website
Arpi Alto on Facebook
Arpi Alto on Twitter
Arpi Alto on Instagram
A L T O
APPEARS
NOVEMBER 10TH 2020
7 PM PACIFIC/10 PM EASTERN
on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
with RAY SHASHO
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THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
BOOK TRAILER
BOOK REVIEW
-By Literary Titan (5) STARS
The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray
Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their
heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his
obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school
but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried
chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book
on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the
70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists,
legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview
gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies
that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For
readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring
old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this
book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.
The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I
didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into
trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new
frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music
fan.
Ray Shasho masterfully gets the
interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions
designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse
issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been
on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to
get them comfortable about talking about their lives.
The book’s cover is befitting of its
subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden
letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking
order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock
music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high definition pictures
to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures
that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones.
Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.
I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts,
aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new
things by going back in time.
