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Artashes Hayryan was born in Baku. He moved to Tehran with his family. He lived in Tabriz and at the age of 16 moved to Tehran where he met his vocal teacher Aram Sargsyan. In 1960 he entered Baku College of Music. From 1962 he was a soloist at Baku Opera and Ballet Theatre. Over 6 years of work in the theater he became a leading soloist and performed the main roles in operas. Since 1967 he was leading soloist at Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Yerevan. In 1974 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Armenia. In 1992 Artashes Hayryan moved to the USA.