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Haykanush Danielyan

Haykanush Danielyan

Singer

Biography

Haykanush Danielyan was born in Tiflis. In 1920 she graduated from the Petrograd Conservatory. From 1920-1932 she sang in the opera theaters of Petrograd and Tiflis. In 1924, together with the singers Levon Isetsky and Shara Talyan, she participated in the performances of the Leninakan opera group and performed with concerts.

From 1941-1951 she taught at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. From 1949-1952 she was the director of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky musical school. Since 1932 she had been a soloist at the Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1941, she starred in the "Armenian Film-Concert" film shot at "Yerevan" TV studio.

Haykanoush Danielyan had performed songs and romances from Armenian and foreign composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Alexander Glazunov.

Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1941. Member of parliament of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union for 2 convocations (1946-1950), Member of parliament of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR of the 1st and 3rd convocations. 

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