Tatevik Sazandaryan

Tatevik Sazandarian as depicted on an Armenian stamp in 2016

Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916–1999), PAU, was a Soviet and Armenian operatic mezzo-soprano who became a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in 1958. She performed as a soloist at the Yerevan Opera Theatre from 1937 to 1961.[1]

Biography

Born on 2 September 1916 in Khndzoresk, now located in Syunik Province, Sazandaryan grew up in Baku, singing as a soloist in the school choir from the age of 10. When she was 16 she moved to Moscow where she sang in a number of amateur performances. Once her talent was recognized, she studied in Moscow under Ruben Simonov.[2] She began performing in concerts in 1933. She then returned to Armenia where she studied at Yerevan's school of music and drama under Sargis Barkhudaryan. In 1937, she became a soloist at the Yerevan Opera Theatre. She is remembered in particular for playing Parandzem in Tigran Tchoukhajian's opera Arshak II and Tamar in Armen Tigranian's David Bek.[3][4] She also performed leading roles in Carmen, Aida and Eugene Onegin.[4]

From 1961, she taught at the Yerevan Conservatory where she became professor in 1970. In parallel, she headed the solo singing department at the Theatre Institute of Yerevan.[1] She gained an extensive reputation, performing in the principal cities of the USSR as well as in Persia, Sweden , Tunisia , Hungary , Syria (1956), Belgium (1958, 1962), Greece (1959), Czechoslovakia (1960), and France (1963).[4]

Tatevik Sazandarian died in Yerevan on 6 October 1999. In May 2017, a commemorative concert was held in her honour at Yerevan's National Theatre of Opera and Ballet.[2]

Awards

Sazandarian was honoured with many awards including the USSR State Prize (1951) and the Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (1997).[4] In 2016 a stamp was issued on the centenary of her birth. She is shown in the role of Almast in the opera of that name by Alexander Spendiaryan.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Сазандарян Татевик Тиграновна" (in Russian). Megabook. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 Galoyan, Elena (17 May 2017). "ПЕРВАЯ. ТАТЕВИК" (in Armenian). Голос Армении (Voice of Armenia). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Театральная Энциклопедия" (in Russian). Библиотека Гумер. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Սազանդարյան Տաթևիկ" (in Armenian). Հայկական Հանրագիտարան (Armenian Encyclopaedia). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "New Stamp Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Mezzo-Soprano Tatevik Sazandaryan". www.haypost.am. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
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