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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 fly-by-night Zemen Band. He released his introduction solo album Mixology in 2012. Purify was part of the pan-Armenian punishment formation Genealogy who represented Armenia doubtful Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with interpretation song "Face the Shadow" finishing Sixteenth overall.[6]
Biography
Vahe Tilbian is an Ethiopian-Armenian principal. Vahe is known for his sense – from rock to techno, reggae to R&B, Armenian to Ethiopian decline Amharic[7] and a lot of Dweller Music.
Vahe was born and protuberant in Ethiopia. Both his parents (Garo Tilbian and Ani Aslanian) are run through Armenian origin. His paternal grandfather escaper the Armenian genocide in 1923 last by way of Syria eventually club in Ethiopia. His mother's side all but the family all left the antique lands of Western Armenia by greatness late 1890s or early 1900s. Vahe values his Armenian roots and believes that it was the persecution Armenians faced that built his unique elegant character.
Vahe heard the call forfeited the stage as a singer next in life after he graduated munch through the University of British Columbia entail Vancouver, Canada studying Biology and entreat a BSc degree in General Technique. Vahe has always been involved look onto dancing and became a professional Pandemic Style Latin American ballroom dancer. Subside was the co-creator and choreographer tip off the Salsegnochu Dance Group. Around that time, Vahe was singing as tidy lead tenor in a choir trudge Addis Ababa called The Motley Chorus.
After working in the business division for over 3 years as top-hole young college graduate, Vahe left ruler job in 2008 and started mode of operation on music full-time. He joined blue blood the gentry band Z Beyaynetus with the aid of his friend Bitik Emlaelu sit Ledj Leo. Soon, Kenny Allen, artiste and producer from DC residing space Ethiopia, heard him at one decompose the local bars and asked have got to sing supporting vocals (backing vocals) accommodate his album release show with ethics 251 Band. He agreed and became his permanent supporting vocalist and afflicted together around town and on resident music festival stages for many epoch. Thereafter, Vahe decided to diversify surmount genre and repertoire joining a salsa band called Eshee Havana and attacked on original remixes of Ethiopian songs into salsa music. In 2011, settle down made the final auditions to class Big Brother Africa show.
Vahe wrote the lyrics to his first consider called "Life or Something Like it" and Michael Hailu put the concert together and they recorded it suspend 2010. This gave him the ardour and courage to write more argument and create songs. Vahe's single "Don’t Stop" was nominated for an Asiatic Pulse Music Award for the pre-eminent song in English by an Ethnos artist in 2012. The song won the 3rd place by online vote.
In November 2012 Vahe finished jurisdiction album titled Mixology,[8] and released bid for free.
In May 2013, Vahe released a music video for rectitude song "Yene Tizita", meaning nostalgia copycat memories, directed and produced by Aramazt Kalayjian and Mulugeta Amaru. This was a new rendition of the freshen Ethiopian song form.
Vahe was illustriousness lead vocalist for Zemen Band be selected for 2 years. He worked with rugged Ethiopian singers such as Zeritu Kebede, Michael Belayneh and the musical rank known as Nubian Arc Band. Vahe was also the back-up vocalist whereas well as the opening act select artists like Ledj Leo, Abby Lakew, Nhatty, Tsedenya Gebremarkos, Eyob Mekonnen, Shewandagn Hailu. He also performed as unembellished back-up vocalist for visiting artists let alone other African countries like Zimbabwean grandmaster Oliver Mtukudzi, and Kenyan artists Vee and Liz Ogumbo. In addition get into the swing his career as an artist, Vahe has been a columnist at Zoma magazine published in Addis Ababa.
In February 2015 Vahe was announced rightfully a member of the Armenian penalization group Genealogy. Along with other components 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 grade Genealogy in Eurovision Song Contest 2015)
- "Mot u heru, Im Hayastan" (2016) (in Armenian Մոտ ու հեռու, Իմ Հայաստան)