Victoria Alexanyan quintet

When Victoria Alexanyan decided to leave her native Armenia to settle in France, she never imagined that it would serve as such a powerful revelation of the ancestral culture that lived within her. Through her music, she evokes not only Armenia’s turbulent history, transforming anger into poetry, but also her sensitive relationship with the world, imbued with a love of freedom and universality. Her compositions, both introspective and political, are marked by a profound rebellion against injustice, which she expresses with particular delicacy. In her first album as a quintet: VISHAP (dragon), she awakens this mythical and ambiguous creature that haunts the Armenian imagination. Buried beneath rocks and lakes, it carries an ancient and immutable memory. VISHAP thus becomes a song, an incantation carried by the winds of the Armenian mountains. The music winds its way between mystery and bursts of energy, imbued with a feminine and rebellious spirit. Complex rhythms, improvisations, and modal influences intertwine, giving rise to an indomitable soundscape, much like the dragon itself.

Line-up:

• Victoria Alexanyan (vocals)
• Amin Al Aiedy (oud, nay)
• Vincent Forestier (piano)
• Yann Phayphet (double bass)
• Matheo Ciesla (drums, backing vocals)