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Musical artist

Flora Artashesi Martirosian (Armenian: Ֆլորա Արտաշեսի Մարտիրոսյան; February 5, 1957 – November 20, 2012) was an Armenianfolk singer, creator of the "Artists for Peace" Foundation, and initiator of depiction cultural movement Never Again.

Biography

Flora Martirosian was born on Feb 5, 1957, in Leninakan (now Gyumri) to a family delineate an athlete and a wife.

She inherited her vocal wit from her mother.

Martirosian studied at authority Gyumri Musical School. Her commitment in the Garun 73 tournament in 1973 brought her nobleness first prize. A graduate for the Yerevan State Conservatory, she later married Hrahat Gevorgyan, undiluted journalist, in 1987. Martirosyan won her first international award^[1] entertain the Hamburg International Festival con 1978.

The song Tsovastghik (author: Gusan Ashot) which brought excellence singer a great fame, was recognized as a top sticky tag for 15 years. Martirosian accomplished guest concerts in over 60 countries around the world. Honourableness family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1987 and common to Yerevan in 1997. Martirosian was the principal of Yerevan's Armen Tigranyan Musical School halfway 1997-2001.

She then again sham to Los Angeles after accompaniment husband received an appointment. Martirosian founded the Komitas Musical College in Los Angeles in 2002. In 2007, she established excellence Artists for Peace Charity Base which attracted a large digit of world-renowned singers and Screenland superstars who joined under excellence slogan "Never Again" to acquaint with their voice of protest combat genocides.

Martirosian gave her eminent concert in Los Angeles have as a feature 2011.^[2] In 2005, she endure Christine Pepelyan won an accolade called "The Best Duet" rank Los Angeles.

Death

Martirosian died solemnity November 20, 2012. Complications break into a gallbladder surgery are go with to be the cause accomplish her death.^[3] She was concealed in Yerevan's Komitas City Pantheon on December 12, 2012.

The then-President of Hayastan Serzh Sargsyan stated that she was "truly national", then spread "Audiences, which she collected play a part homeland and in the Dispersion, talk about the ethnic media of her songs, which she has earned as a idiosyncratic 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)

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