Anahit Tsitsikian
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| Instrument(s) | Violin |
Anahit Tsitsikian (
Tsitsikian was Merited Artist of Armenia or
Biography
Anahit Tsitsikian was born in Leningrad (currently St. Petersburg), Russia, into a family of an engineer and a doctor. She began playing the violin at the age of six. Her teachers were musician Grigory Ginzburg and later on professor Lev Tseitlin). At the beginning of World War II, at the age of fifteen, she left Leningrad for Armenia. Her birthplace left an unforgettable mark on her development as a person and musician.
She studied at the
She began performing professionally at elementary school age; her performances included many solo performances as well as with symphonic orchestras. Beginning in 1961 she was the principal soloist at the Armenian Philharmonic Hall. Tsitsikian performed throughout the Republics of the former Soviet Union and in 27 countries around the world. As a violinist she produced four vinyl discs under the Melodiya label. The music of modern Armenian composers held a special place in Ms. Tsitsikian’s repertoire. She was often the co-author, editor and first interpreter of their original pieces.
She taught at the Yerevan State Conservatory starting in 1950, and she established three new courses in its curriculum: history and theory of bowed instruments, history of Armenian performing arts, and course of music teaching practice.
Tsitsikian started her scholarly research while she was still a student of the Conservatory. Her research focused on bowing art, organology and musical archaeology,[2] of which she was the founder in Armenia. She spoke five languages, and lectured in English, French, and German. She participated in numerous international scientific conferences[3] and she also published he articles in Armenia and abroad.[4]
During her artistic life, Tsitsikian performed in more than a thousand recitals, recorded sixty pieces of archived music, and authored more than 300 articles and scripts for many radio and television programs. She was a member of many local and international organizations such as:
Anahit Tsitsikian died on May 2, 1999. The Anahit Cultural Foundation was established in the same year to continue her work and fulfill her dreams. The mission of the foundation is to facilitate the promotion of Armenian music by supporting musicians in their professional education and work, setting up and implementing cultural programs and events, and stimulating the integration of Armenian music within international music.
Honours and awards
Anahit Tsitsikian was an Emeritus Artist of Armenia (1967), PhD of Musical Science (1970), and Professor of Music (1982). In 2007 a music school was named after her in Yerevan, Armenia.
See also
References
- ^ "Армянское смычковое искусство Анаит Цицикян". Armeniaonline.ru. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "1990-1999". Naasr.org. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "AnahitFoundation". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "п я┐п╩я▄я┌я┐я─п╟ п÷п╬я─я┌п╟п╩: "п░я─п╪я▐п╫я│п╨п╬п╣ я│п╪я▀я┤п╨п╬п╡п╬п╣ п╦я│п╨я┐я│я│я┌п╡п╬" п░п╫п╟п╦я┌ п╕п╦я├п╦п╨я▐п╫". Kultura-portal.ru. 22 February 2001. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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