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Code	DS/UK/7177
Name	Askarov; Gochaq (27 December 1978); Azerbaijani khananda folk singer and pianist
Variations of Name	Gochag Muharram oglu Askarov
Dates	27 December 1978
Gender	Male (cisgender)
Place of Birth/Origin	Garabagh, Azerbaijan (born - then Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR)
Biography	Gochag Askarov is an Azerbaijani khananda folk singer and piano player. He enrolled for music school but had to stop his studies in 1992 with Armenian occupation of Garabagh. His family fled and settled in Baku. In 1998 he was accepted to the Baku Music College to the class of Mugham vocals. From 2004 to 2008 he studied music and traditional vocals at the National Conservatoire in Baku. In 2006 while being a student he took part in the First National TV Contest for young khanende and became one of its winners. The next year he was invited to perform at the stage of Brunei Gallery Theatre. That was his international debut and, at the same time, his first solo concert. The same year for the first time the BBC Radio 3 featured him in its World Routes programme, and since then has done it many times. In 2009 BBC Radio 3 invited him to perform at its stage at the WOMAD festival in the Charlton-park in London.

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