Handipum (Meeting)

Born in the town of Mary, Turkmenistan. In 1931 he moved with his family to Baku. He received his initial musical education in the vocal department of the music school attached to the Baku Conservatory, in the classes of Nina Valazzi and Susanna Mikayelyan. In 1949-1954 he studied in the vocal department of the Baku State Conservatory, in the class of Susanna Mikayelyan. In 1954 he moved to Yerevan and worked at the A. Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Yerevan as a leading soloist, and from 1968 as a soloist of the Armenian State Philharmonic. Eduard Baghdasaryan presented Armenian vocal art in a number of cities of the Soviet Union and abroad. He also performed with the Armenian Symphony Orchestra, the Azerbaijan Variety Orchestra and the jazz orchestra led by Artemi Ayvazyan, and from 1955 was a soloist of an instrumental quintet. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour, the Veteran of Labour medal and numerous certificates of honour. In 1957 Eduard Baghdasaryan was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Armenia, and in 1957 he won the silver prize at the 4th World Festival of Vocalists in Moscow. He died in Yerevan.