[3] Dinkjian has written songs for Eleftheria Arvanitaki,[4] and Sezen Aksu ("Vazgeçtim", "Sarışın", "Yine Mi Çiçek", "Hoş Geldin", among others).

Turkish singers Gülşen, Kibariye, Mine Koşan [tr], Ahmet Kaya, Coşkun Sabah, Burcu Güneş have recorded his songs.

Born in New Jersey to Armenian parents, Dinkjian made his professional debut at age five playing on the doumbag at the 1964 New York World's Fair, where he accompanied John Berberian and George Mgrdichian.

[6] At the 2008 Jerusalem International Oud Festival, he recorded an album with Sokratis Sinopoulos [de] – lyra (Greece), Tamer Pinarbasi – kanun (Turkey), Rimon Haddad – bass (Palestina) and Zohar Fresco – percussion (Israel), and named it Peace on Earth.

Dinkjian has collaborated with kanunist Tamer Pınarbaşı and clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski [mk] in chamber-music style arrangements of ethnic folk, pop, classical, jazz, and original compositions.