Olga Vagengeym

Born in St Petersburg. She studied in the piano class of the Leningrad Conservatory. After graduating from the conservatory, in 1929 she went to Yerevan to visit her aunt and lived there for many years. Vagengeym's first concert in Yerevan took place on 29 July 1929. She worked at the Yerevan Conservatory as an accompanist in the violin and singing classes. Because of her heavy concert schedule she left her work at the conservatory and devoted herself to concert performance. In 1939 and 1956 she took part in the Ten-Day Festival (Dekada) of Armenian Art and Literature in Moscow. In 1960-1980 she collaborated with Eduard Baghdasaryan, soloist of the A. Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1970 she taught at the A. Babajanian Music College. In 1953 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Armenia. In 1995 she moved to Astrakhan to live with her son. She died in Astrakhan.