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Onnik Dinkjian
Armenian-American musician and singer
Onnik Dinkjian (Armenian: Oննիկ Տինքճեան; born ) is a French-born American-Armenian musician and singer.[1] He is the father of Ara Dinkjian and has appeared with his son as well as other Armenian musicians such as Roupen Altiparmakian playing oud.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]He was born Jean-Joseph Miliyan in Paris, France, in , the son of Garabed and Zorah from Dikranagerd (Diyarbakir), who both fled the Armenian genocide. He had a sister two years older. His father died when Jean-Joseph was less than one year old.
He and his sister were adopted by his godparents, Nishan and Oghida Dinkjian, who were also from Dikranagerd, and continued to live in Paris. He grew up fluent in French and Armenian.
His interest in music began when he was 10 and began attending an Armenian church in Paris. "I absolutely fell in love with the music," he said. "This is what brought me into the Armenian Church, not necessarily as a religious person but as a lover of the Armenian music."
At the age of 17, in July , He and his family moved to the United States, where Nishan Dinkjian’s two sisters lived. Onnik entered the U.S. with his given name, and later changed it legally to Onnik Dinkjian after his adopti
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Bio
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Onnik Dinkjian (Armenian: Oննիկ Տինքճեան; born ) is a French-born American-Armenian musician and singer.[1] He is the father of Ara Dinkjian and has appeared with his son as well as other Armenian musicians such as Roupen Altiparmakian playing oud.[2][3]
He was born Jean-Joseph Miliyan in Paris, France, in , the son of Garabed and Zorah from Dikranagerd (Diyarbakir), who both fled the Armenian genocide. He had a sister two years older. His father died when Jean-Joseph was less than one year old.
He and his sister were adopted by his godparents, Nishan and Oghida Dinkjian, who were also from Dikranagerd, and continued to live in Paris. He grew up fluent in French and Armenian.
His interest in music began when he was 10 and began attending an Armenian church in Paris. "I absolutely fell in love with the music," he said. "This is what brought me into the Armenian Church, not necessarily as a religious person but as a lover of the Armenian music."
At the age of 17, in July , He and his family moved to the United States, where Nishan Dinkjian’s two sisters lived. Onnik entered the U.S. with his given name, and later changed it legally to Onnik Dinkjian after his adoptive parents.
In , Dinkjian was drafted into the U.S. Army. In Germany he was assigned to the Winged Vi