Armenchik

Armen Gondrachyan was born on August 8, 1980, in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union). Armen started singing at a young age. In 1989, his family moved to the United States, settling in California, where a large number of Armenian Americans reside.^[1]

With the help of his father, Hapet, Armen successfully recorded his first album titled Armen & Nor Seround in 1995. In 1998, Armen moved back to Armenia, where he lived for a year before returning back to the United States.^[1]

Armenchik had his first concert in 2002 in Los Angeles, followed by two other concerts which took place at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California in 2003 and 2004.^[1] Armenchik gave his 4th and 5th concerts at the Kodak Theatre in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Over the years, he had given concerts in several countries, such as Yerevan's Karen Demirchyan Complex, Russia, France, Canada, Greece, Italy, Ukraine,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} and in many cities of the United States including Las Vegas and Boston.^[7][8]

Armenchik married Lusine Manukyan, a Moscow Armenian in 2010.^[9] They have a son named Michael, who was born in 2011.^[5]

Armenchik is fluent in Armenian and English and knows some Russian.^[10]