Biography: Vartan Tonoyan (Vartan J Tonoyan) is a Russian songwriter, producer and CEO of the American record labels Elephant Records (20) and Vartan Jazz and of the jazz club Vartan Jazz, Denver. Vartan has been promoting Brazilian and Cuban music in Russia and around the world for many years. Tonoyan has two Grammy awards for his work on records by João Donato and Freddy Cole.