Araksia Gyulzadyan

Araksia Gyulzadyan (Armenian: Արաքսյա Գյուլզադյան, June 5, 1907, Alexandropol October 7, 1980, Yerevan) was an Armenian canonical singer of folk and ashugh music. She was awarded the People's Artist of Armenia honorary title in 1960.[1]

Araksia Gyulzadyan
Արաքսյա Գյուլզադյան
Birth nameԱրաքսյա Կարապետի Գյուլզադյան
Араксия Карапетовна Гюлзадян
Araksia Karapeti Gyulzadyan
Born(1907-06-05)June 5, 1907
Gyumri, Russian Empire
OriginArmenian
DiedOctober 7, 1980(1980-10-07) (aged 73)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR
GenresFolk, ashugh

Biography

Araksya Gyulzadyan's plaque, Yerevan

As a young child, she became a solo singer at a church in Gyumri. She finished the primary school in her native town and moved to Yerevan in 1926, where Romanos Melikian became one of her teachers. She was the solo singer of the Armenian Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments until 1955. She was also a solo performer at the Armenian Philharmonic.

She is also known for her performances of Sheram's songs.

Discography

  • Husher, 1999

References


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