Varduhi Vardanyan ( hy, Վարդուհի Վարդանյան;
June 26
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,
1976 –
October 15,
2006) was an
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
n singer. She has participated in many international song contests and always won many awards and was awarded best singer of Armenia.
Early life
Varduhi Vardanyan was born on
June 26
Events Pre-1600
* 4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius.
* 221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat fr ...
,
1976, in
Yerevan
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,
Armenia
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. She is one of three children in the family.
Since her early childhood, she had a passion towards singing. She used everything similar to microphone to sing. Eventually it became unique way of self-education for her. She had a 96-page copybook containing her favorite pioneer songs.
In 1983, a music group was established at her school, where she started to take classes. Later on the music group was named after Ashot Bznuni.
In 1986, Vardanyan started to attend Naira Gyurjinyan's vocal group to improve her skills. Afterwards she studied at the musical school named after Alexandr Spendiaryan. During these years she developed her very own musical taste. Her dream was to sing with
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed " The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston i ...
.
Education
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1992 – graduated from the 8th high school named after Alexander Pushkin.
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1993 – graduated from musical school
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1993 – entered Linguistic University named after Valery Bryusov at the section of English language and politics.
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1994 – entered State Song Theatre and since 1995 she has worked there,
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1994-
1999 – after studying at university, she started to work as a teacher of the English language .
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2003 – graduated from
Yerevan State Conservatory
Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan ( hy, Երևանի Կոմիտասի անվան պետական կոնսերվատորիա), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned colleg ...
named after Komitas.
Career
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1994 – together with the group "Jazz-Pop" participated in international contest held in
Sverdlovsk and got Grand Prix.
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1995 – started to work at Armenian state music theatre.
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1996 – participated to the contest of young singers "Yalta - Moscow" transit, where she got a prize for the best performance.
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1999 – she was awarded best singer of Armenia.
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2000 – in the contest "Discovery" held in
Bulgaria
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she got Grand Prix and an additional Audience Choice Award.
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2000 – in
Macedonia she again got Grand Prix.
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2000 – participated in International Festival of Arts “Slavianski Bazaar" and got second prize.
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2001 – participated in international festival "Море друзей 2001" in
Yalta
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and got second prize.
Death
She died on
October 15,
2006, in a car accident at
Sevan -
Martuni highway. She is buried at the Tokhmakh cemetery. After her death, many Armenian programs were dedicated to her, including
Benefis
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,
Half-Opened Windows, and The Mechanics of Happiness.
Family
* Husband: Aram Avoyan
* Child: Ruben Avoyan, born in
1998
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Disarray'' (2003), (2006)
Posthumous
* ''Only you'' (russian: Только ты) (2007)
* ''13 songs dedicated to Varduhi Vardanyan'' (2008)
* ''You are mine'' ( hy, Իմն ես) (2011)
Links
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References
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1976 births
2006 deaths
21st-century Armenian women singers
Musicians from Yerevan
Road incident deaths in Armenia