Garbis Aprikian (1926 – 15 October 2024) was a musician from the Armenian diaspora who was born in Egypt and moved to Paris in 1953, where he studied, inspired especially by Olivier Messiaen.

From the age of ten he began serious music lessons with Maestro Frapicini, a student of Pietro Mascagni, in piano as well as in harmony and counterpoint.

[2] In 1948, Aprikian founded the mixed chorus Hamazkaine with which he gave concerts in Alexandria, in Cairo and on radio.

[2][4] He composed and harmonized popular melodies and old patriotic songs, more than two hundred religious, secular and folk works.

[2] He composed the Petit suite nuptiale for his son's wedding, based on songs his father had sung to him when he was a child.