Gypsy Song

Anaht Tsitsikyan was bBorn in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). She started playing the violin at the age of six. She was taught by musicians G. Ginzburg and later Lev Tseytlin. At the beginning of World War II she moved to Yerevan. From 1946- to 1950 she studied at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. In 1954 she graduated from Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory as a Post-graduate student. She had beenwas a soloist in the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra since from 1961. Starting In 1950 she taught started teaching at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan (as a Professor since from 1982). In 1967 she was presented with the Honored Artist of Armenia title. She died in Yerevan.