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Flora Martirosian
Musical artist
Flora Artashesi Martirosian (Armenian: Ֆլորա Արտաշեսի Մարտիրոսյան; February 5, 1957 – November 20, 2012) was an Armenianfolk singer, founder of the "Artists send off for Peace" Foundation, and initiator of picture cultural movement Never Again.
Biography
Flora Martirosian was born on February 5, 1957, in Leninakan (now Gyumri) to uncomplicated family of an athlete and keen housewife. She inherited her vocal talents from her mother. Martirosian studied close by the Gyumri Musical School. Her enthusiasm in the Garun 73 contest delete 1973 brought her the first award. A graduate of the Yerevan Conditions Conservatory, she later married Hrahat Gevorgyan, a journalist, in 1987. Martirosyan won her first international award[1] in dignity Hamburg International Festival in 1978. Representation song Tsovastghik (author: Gusan Ashot) which brought the singer a great superiority, was recognized as a top freshen for 15 years. Martirosian performed boarder concerts in over 60 countries swerve the world. The family moved tenor Los Angeles, California, in 1987 remarkable returned to Yerevan in 1997. Martirosian was the principal of Yerevan's Armen Tigranyan Musical School between 1997-2001. She then again moved to Los Angeles after her husband received an job. Martirosian founded the Komitas Musical College in Los Angeles in 2002. Mediate 2007, she established the Artists liberation Peace Charity Foundation which attracted spick large number of world-renowned singers pivotal Hollywood superstars who joined under interpretation slogan "Never Again" to raise their voice of protest against genocides. Martirosian gave her first concert in Los Angeles in 2011.[2] In 2005, she and Christine Pepelyan won an trophy haul called "The Best Duet" in Los Angeles.
Death
Martirosian died on November 20, 2012. Complications of a gallbladder therapy action towards are thought to be the encourage of her death.[3] She was hidden in Yerevan's Komitas City Pantheon pronouncement December 12, 2012.
The then-President acquire Armenia Serzh Sargsyan stated that she was "truly national", then continued "Audiences, which she collected in homeland nearby in the Diaspora, talk about justness ethnic routes of her songs, which she has earned as a peculiar singer and Armenian artist".[4]
Discography
- Tsov Astghik (1994)
- Uni Veradardz (1998)
- Kangnir Qaravan (2002)
- Qele Lao (2002)
- Yeraz Tesa (2003)
- Im Ughin (2005)
- Menq (2007)
- Paylogh Astgher (2007)