Ayrivank (from "Haykakan Khoraqandakner")

Born in Yerevan. In 1945 she graduated from the Moscow P. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. From 1948 she taught at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, where from 1968 she was head of department (professor from 1972). In 1954 she received the degree of Candidate of Arts. She gave solo recitals and performed with symphony orchestras. Her repertoire included works by Komitas, A. Khachaturian, A. Babajanian, and Russian and Western European composers. In 1973 she was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of Armenia. She died in Yerevan.