Lusine Zakaryan

Lusine Zakaryan
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Background information
Birth name	Svetlana Zakaryan
Born	(1937-06-01)June 1, 1937 Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR
Origin	Armenian
Died	Yerevan, Armenia
Genres	soprano

Lusine Zakaryan (Armenian: Լուսինե Զաքարյան), born Svetlana Zakaryan, (June 1, 1937 in Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR – December 30, 1992, in Yerevan, Armenia), was an Armenian soprano. She grew up in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia. In 1952, she moved with her family to Yerevan, where she attended a secondary music school. She entered the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory in 1957 and her singing talent soon became clear.

From 1970 to 1983, Zakaryan was a soloist with the symphony orchestra of Armenian TV and Radio. She also sang in the choir of the Armenian Apostolic Church's Holy See at the Echmiadzin Cathedral, and it is for her magnificent rendition of centuries-old Armenian spiritual hymns that she is now most remembered.

Zakaryan was also known for singing the international opera repertoire as well as Armenian traditional and church music.

References

• Сегодня день рождения знаменитой армянской певицы Лусине Закарян. panarmenian.net. 1 June 2011
• ЗАКАРЯН Лусинэ (Светлана) Абетовна (1937—1991). greatarmenian.narod.ru