Haykanoush Danielyan worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Haykanoush Danielyan as Soviet opera singer and music educator (1893-1958).
Haykanoush Danielyan was born at Tbilisi in 1893. Her recorded nationality is Russia. She trained at Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Recording arrived in this generation and changed everything: a performance could now outlive the performer.
She worked as music educator, politician and actor.
The instruments recorded are voice.
Her work is classed as opera.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
The honours record reads: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
That the work came out of Russia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Haykanoush Danielyan died in 1958, aged 65. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Stalin Prize
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: opera
