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Arshavir Karaprtyan was born in Yerevan. In 1956 he became a soloist at the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Alexander Spendiaryan in Yerevan. In 1957 he graduated from Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan under the tuition of Tamar Melik-Shahnazaryan. From 1962 to 1963 he further honed his knowledge and skills at the Academy of “Santa Cecilia” in Rome. In 1971 he started teaching at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan (as a professor from1985). In 1967 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Armenia. He died in Yerevan.