Eleonora Voskanyan

Eleonora Voskanyan was born in Kharkov. Her mother taught her to play the piano. She was accepted to Kharkov’s gifted children’s group, class of Ludwig Pfannenstiel and continued her study at Kharkov Conservatory. Eleonora moved to Tbilisi in 1941. She worked as a pianist at Armenian Drama Theatre after Shahumyan and returned to Armenia where continued studying at Yerevan State Conservatory. Between 1942 to 1943 Eleonora went to battlefront as a volunteer. She continued studying at Yerevan State Conservatory, class of Georgi Saradjev from 1944. After finishing the Conservatory Eleonora Voskanyan worked as an assistant at the Piano Department, then taught. She was a Soloist at Armenian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Eleonora had concerts in Armenia, USSR and in other countries. About 18 years Eleonora accompanied famous singer Ofelya Hambardzumyan. She was awarded with the title of Honored Artist of Armenia in 1964. She taught at Yerevan Tchaikovskiy Music School from 1950 and from 1962 in the Piano Department at Yerevan State Conservatory (Professor since 1982). Eleonora Voskanyan was awarded with a number of medals and diplomas. She died in Yerevan.