Artashes Sarkisyan

Artashes Sarkisyan (June 1, 1974, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR) - Russian producer, actor, television and radio host. One of the founders of "Comedy club", former editor-in-chief of "Total Football" magazine, member of the KVN "New Armenians" team. Stage nickname - Tash "Highlander". From 2015 to January 2017 - Chief Editor of the Directorate of sports broadcasts of the channel "Match TV". He graduated from the Faculty of Winemaking of the Yerevan Agricultural Academy. He played in KVN in the team "New Armenians". In its composition in 1994 and in 1995 he performed in the First League of KVN. In 1996, Sargsyan together with his team made his debut in the Higher League of KVN and in the first season they reached the semifinals, in which they lost to the future champions of the Makhachkala tramps. In the same year, for the first time performing at the music festival in Jurmala, "New Armenians" immediately won the second prize - "KiViN in the Light". Artashes Sargsyan won the same award with his team at the next festival. In the 1997 season, he became the champion of the Higher League, sharing this title with the team "Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit". In 1998, the "New Armenians", as champions, missed the season, focusing on touring activities. This year the Armenian team won the KVN Super Cup, and also participated in the KVN music festival, where this time it was left without awards. In 1999, Sargsyan, together with his team in the rank of favorite, took part in the Higher League games, where they reached the final, losing to the young team of BSU. "New Armenians" also performed at the next festival in Jurmala and the KVN Summer Cup, where they also remained without awards. After 1999, the team completed its career in KVN seasonal tournaments, taking part only in the Jurmala festival in 2000, where it won the Presidential KiViN and the Summer Cup in 2001. "New Armenians" focused on touring, giving concerts in many countries of the CIS, Europe, as well as in Israel and the United States. During one of the American tours in 2001, the team members attended a performance of the local "Comedy Club" - a show in the stand-up comedy genre. By 2003, the concert activity of the "New Armenians" had declined and the team members experienced serious financial difficulties; Under these conditions, it was decided to try to implement the idea of ??a "Comedy Club" in Moscow. Among those who invented and implemented this idea were Artashes Sargsyan, Arthur Janibekyan and Artak Gasparyan. From the very beginning of the show, he became the lead, not participating in thumbnails. In 2007, he opened his own restaurant "TM Cafe", which won several awards. In December 2010, Artashes Sargsyan opened Cafe "54", participated in the creation of the project "Tribeca".