The Tavitian Brothers are famous musicians in Macedonia. They have always come up with extensive programs and had great successes. Their cooperation with the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) is remarkable. This is not only evidenced by their performance at the end of their American tour at Carnegie Hall and the meetings with the AGBU leadership, but also through programs implemented in cooperation with AGBU Sofia. Their concert with the Symphony Orchestra in Sofia in 2014, as well as eight concerts organised in various cities across Bulgaria from 2016-2019, including Plovdiv, Sofia and Varna, are great examples of this fruitful partnership. The Tavitian brothers highly value Armenian culture, and at the same time, they are open to the cultures of other nations, which they have always incorporated within their work.
Garo has also recorded a video for their official website, YouTube channel – which has over 450 000 subscribers worldwide – and Facebook page, with a following of over a million. The video, featuring his brother Diran Tavitian, is for the company’s Spotlight series, where great drummers showcase their performances. Garo was invited to contribute to this collaboration after concert tours across the USA, UK, Germany, Norway, France, Italy, Poland, Armenia, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria, where a concert was held at the Philharmonic Hall alongside the AGBU orchestra. He also went on a tour of several Asian countries.
He has recorded more than 63 albums and 15 projects with his Tavitian Brothers group as well as solo projects and 20 official music videos. Garo is also a multi-award winner, having been bestowed with the European Ambassadors of Jazz Award along with his brother. In the meantime, a collaboration with Ford car company earnt him his branded car.
To date he has released over one million CD copies worldwide and contributed to music in many films and theatre productions. Together with Tavitian Brothers, Garo sold out a concert at Carnegie Hall, as well as several concerts at the famous Blue Note, also in New York.
On the American tour, Garo collaborated with Grammy artists such as Morris Pleasure – the keyboardist and producer of Michael Jackson and Earth, Wind and Fire – the singer Roseanna Vitro, who is well known in the US and performed globally with Jazz Ambassadors and Miles Davis, as well as Rhani Krija, the percussionist for Prince and Sting.
John Marshall, the band director of Ray Charles, WDR Big Band from Germany, Larry Monroe from Buddy Rich Big Band, Ron Savage, Lee Roy – producer of En Vogue – Holywood director Joe Bronzino, Dave Weckl, Fernando Saunders (Lou Reed), Andrea Palazzo (Raiuno) James and Nathan East from Four Play are also among many stars Garo collaborated with.
Tavitian Brothers were also part of the Tribute for Michael Jackson project created by Morris Pleasure for Verve Records, the label of composer David Foster. The group finished the recording of the audio and music video in Atlanta. ALSO Garo Tavitjan has become an artist of Vic Firth, one of the best companies in the world for the making of drumsticks. The world-renowned American company has a tradition of drumstick production spanning over 60 years.
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