Haykanoush Danielyan

Haykanoush Danielyan (, December 3 (16), 1893 – April 19, 1958) was an Armenian opera singer (soprano), Armenian classical singer, music educator, laureate of the USSR State Prize. Danielyan was the first Armenian singer who was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1939).
Biography.
Haykanush Danielyan was born in Tiflis. In 1920 she graduated from the Petrograd Conservatory. In 1920-1932 she sang in the opera theaters of Petrograd and Tiflis. In 1924, together with the singers Levon Isetsky and Shara Talyan, she participated in the performances of Leninakan opera group and performed with concerts.
In 1941-1951 she taught at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. In 1949-1952 she was the director of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky musical school. Since 1932 she had been a soloist at the Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1941, she starred in the film "Armenian Film-Concert" shot at "Yerevan" TV studio.
Haykanoush Danielyan had performed songs and romances from Armenian and foreign composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Glazunov.
Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1941. Member of parliament of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union for 2 convocation (1946-1950), Member of parliament of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR of the 1st and 3rd convocations.