Balalaika

Bella Darbinyan was born in Kirovakan (present day Vanadzor). From 1955 to 1959 she studied at R. Melikyan Music College in Yerevan and from 1959 to 1962 at Vocal Department of the Komitas State Conservatory class of Tatevik Sazandaryan. In 1961 she continued her studies in the studio affiliated with the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow. Bella Darbinyan was a soloist at Armenian Variety Orchestra from 1961 to 1966. She worked as a soloist at Armenian Radio Committee's Variety Symphony Orchestra from 1966 to 1996. In 1966 she awarded the title of Honorary Artist of Armenia. In 2001 she received “Movses Khorenatsi” Medal of the Republic of Armenia. Bella Darbinyan died in Yerevan.