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TODAY FLORA MARTIROSYAN WOULD TURN 56
11:08, 5 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, ARMENPRESS. Today, on February 5, prominent and
talented singer Flora Martirosyan would turn 56. Notwithstanding the
beloved singes is not with us anymore, but the public keeps still
admiring her songs.
Flora Martirosian was born on February 5, 1957 in Gyumri to a family
of an athlete and a housewife. She inherited her vocal skills from
her mother. Martirosian studied at the Gyumri Musical School. Her
participation in the Garun 73 contest in 1973 brought her the first
prize. A graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory, she later
married Hrahat Gevorgyan, a journalist, in 1987. The family moved to
Los Angeles, US, in 1987 and returned to Yerevan in 1997. Martirosian
was the principal of Yerevan's Armen Tigranyan Musical School between
1997-2001. Martirosian founded the Komitas Musical Academy in Los
Angeles in 2002.
People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia Flora Martirosyan was the
founder of the International Musical School after Komitas, "Artists
for Peace" Charity Organization and the initiator of the cultural
movement "Never Again".
The singer passed away on November 20, 2012. Complications of a
gallbladder surgery are thought to be the cause of her decease. The
singer was buried in Yerevan's Komitas City Pantheon on December
12, 2012.
11:08, 5 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, ARMENPRESS. Today, on February 5, prominent and
talented singer Flora Martirosyan would turn 56. Notwithstanding the
beloved singes is not with us anymore, but the public keeps still
admiring her songs.
Flora Martirosian was born on February 5, 1957 in Gyumri to a family
of an athlete and a housewife. She inherited her vocal skills from
her mother. Martirosian studied at the Gyumri Musical School. Her
participation in the Garun 73 contest in 1973 brought her the first
prize. A graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory, she later
married Hrahat Gevorgyan, a journalist, in 1987. The family moved to
Los Angeles, US, in 1987 and returned to Yerevan in 1997. Martirosian
was the principal of Yerevan's Armen Tigranyan Musical School between
1997-2001. Martirosian founded the Komitas Musical Academy in Los
Angeles in 2002.
People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia Flora Martirosyan was the
founder of the International Musical School after Komitas, "Artists
for Peace" Charity Organization and the initiator of the cultural
movement "Never Again".
The singer passed away on November 20, 2012. Complications of a
gallbladder surgery are thought to be the cause of her decease. The
singer was buried in Yerevan's Komitas City Pantheon on December
12, 2012.