Araksia Gyulzadyan

Araksia Gyulzadyan (Armenian: Արաքսյա Գյուլզադյան, June 5, 1907, Alexandropol October 7, 1980, Yerevan) was a canonical female performer of Armenian folk songs. She was awarded by the People's artist of Armenia honorary title.[1]

Araksia Gyulzadyan's plaque on Tigran Mets Avenue, Yerevan

Biography

As a young child, she became a solo singer at a church in Alexandropol. 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 Armenian Philharmony. She is also known for her performances of Sheram's songs.

Discography

  • Husher, 1999

References


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