From "Genesis" Book, "Datavorats"

Born in Akhaltsikhe. In 1955 Shahum Ghazaryan graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute. From 1955 to 1993 he worked as an actor at the Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre in Yerevan. In 1993 he moved to the Hamazgayin Theatre of Yerevan. From 1997 he taught at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema (professor from 2005). He also performed as a reciter. He played in a number of productions, took part in radio and television productions, and appeared in a number of films. In 1978 Shahum Ghazaryan was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Armenia, in 1981 the State Prize of the RA, and in 1999 the Movses Khorenatsi Medal of the RA. He died in Yerevan.