Anahit Tsitsikian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anahit Tsitsikian

Armenian violinist, musicologist, teacher

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1926

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 02-May-1999

Profession: violinist, musicologist, music pedagogue, ethnomusicologist, music historian

Nationality: Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Anahit Tsitsikian (Armenian: ?????? ????????; born Leningrad, August 26, 1926; death Yerevan, May 2, 1999) was an Armenian female violinist.
She toured around the world through more than 100 cities during the Soviet times; she taught at the State Conservatory for approximately 40 years and wrote more than 300 articles and scenarios for television and radio programs.
She was also a scholar who established a new branch of Armenian musicology, history of performing art, and dedicated the last twenty years of her life to research in the field of ancient music history, becoming the founder of a new branch of Armenian musical archaeology. Tsitsikian was Merited Artist of Armenia or People's Artist of Armenian SSR (1967), PhD of Musical Science (1970) and Professor of Music (1982).