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She was born in Tiflis. In 1941 she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. In 1942–47 she was a teacher at the Tbilisi Music College and a soloist of the Georgian Philharmonic. From 1947 she lived in Yerevan and taught at the local State Conservatory (from 1968 as professor). She performed as a soloist, and also with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Komitas String Quartet. She gave concerts in Armenia, the USSR, France, Germany and elsewhere. In 1961 Ketti Malkhasyan was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Armenia, and in 1967 that of Honored Art Worker of Armenia. She died in Yerevan.