Anahit Tsitsikian
Armenian violinist (1926–1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anahit Tsitsikian (Armenian: Անահիտ Ցիցիկյան; born Leningrad, August 26, 1926; death Yerevan, May 2, 1999) was an Armenian female violinist. She toured around the world through more than 100 cities during the Soviet times; she taught at the State Conservatory for approximately 40 years and wrote more than 300 articles and scenarios for television and radio programs. She was also a scholar who established a new branch of Armenian musicology, history of performing art,[1] and dedicated the last twenty years of her life to research in the field of ancient music history, becoming the founder of a new branch of Armenian musical archaeology.
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Born | (1926-08-26)26 August 1926 Leningrad, USSR |
Died | 2 May 1999(1999-05-02) (aged 72) |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Violinist, musicologist, teacher |
Instrument(s) | Violin |
Tsitsikian was Merited Artist of Armenia or People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967), PhD of Musical Science (1970) and Professor of Music (1982).