Svetlana Navasardyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Svetlana Navasardyan

Armenian musician

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1946

Place of Birth: Alaverdi, Lori Region, Armenia

Profession: conductor, pianist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Svetlana Navasardyan (Armenian: ???????? ???????????, also known as Navassardian, born October 29, 1946), is an Armenian classical concert pianist. A disciple of Vache Umr-Shat and Yakov Zak, she first stood out at the East German musical scene, being awarded prizes at Zwickau's Robert Schumann (1966) and Leipzig's Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (1968).
She later became a prizewinner at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (1972) and at the inaugural edition of the Sydney International Piano Competition (1977).
She has performed at an intercontinental level. Navasardyan was distinguished as People's Artist of the Armenian SSR in 1984 and was awarded an Armenian SSR State Prize four years later.
She is a professor at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.