Hamlet Minassian has been played on NTS in shows including DIRECTIONS w/ 8ULENTINA & Lara Sarkissian, featured first on 9 November 2019. Songs played include On The Day's, Al Elnim and Alas-Alas.

The young Armenian musician Hamlet Minassian was born in Tabriz (North-Western Iran) in 1940. After graduating from the music school of his native city, he attended advanced courses at the Teheran Conservatoire followed by musical research work in Europe and the United States. His career began with composing chanson type songs. He then moved into the film industry where he rapidly built up a reputation as the composer of a number of popular…