Khatsaturjan

Founded in Vantaa, Finland in 2000. Finnish outfit Khatsaturjan was formed by long time aquaintances Jaakko Koikkalainen (bass, vocals), Atte Kurri (guitar, vocals), Ilkka Piispala (drums, vocals) and Ilkka Saarikivi (keyboards, vocals) in 2000, initially as a one-off project band assembled to play classical music in a rock setting then reformed one year later as they wanted to continue their musical endeavours, but now producing material of their own.