---
name: "Djivan Gasparyan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/djivan-gasparyan"
fi1m_id: "djivan-gasparyan"
tmdb_id: 5409340
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "12 October 1928"
died: "6 July 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:22:19.841169+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Djivan Gasparyan

## Identity

Djivan Gasparyan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/djivan-gasparyan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** djivan-gasparyan
- **TMDB ID:** 5409340
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5409340

Composer. Born 12 October 1928 in Armenia Kotayk. Died 6 July 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 12 October 1928, Armenia Kotayk
- **Died:** 6 July 2021
- **Active:** 1998–2000
- **Also known as:** Дживан Гаспарян
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5409340

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Gladiator*](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Ronin*](https://film.one/film/ronin.md) (80)

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## Biography

Djivan Gasparyan (also credited as Jivan Gasparyan) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double-reed woodwind instrument, and contributed to film soundtracks including *Ronin* (1998).

Born on 12 October 1928 in Solak, Armenia, Gasparyan became a soloist with the Armenian Song and Dance Popular Ensemble and the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra in 1948. He later served as a professor at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory. His music appeared in soundtracks such as *Gladiator* (2000), *Blood Diamond* (2006) and *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas* (2003). He received a Grammy nomination in 2006 for Best Traditional World Music Album and was awarded the title People's Artist of Armenia.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gladiator* (2000), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md)
- *Ronin* (1998), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *There Where The Snow Lies* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Hrant (Fırat)* (2007), Music
- *Blood Diamond* (2006), Music
- *The Great Mystery of Water* (2006), Music
- *Clean Thursday* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas* (2003), Music
- *Gladiator* (2000), Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md)
- *Onegin* (1999), Musician
- *Ronin* (1998), Music — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)
- *Calendar* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Storm and Sorrow* (1990), Music

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