Anahit Tsitsikian

Welcome to Anahit Tsitsikian's official website, a corner where information about the first internationally recognized Armenian female-violinist is posted. Being a virtuoso soloist, who has given concerts in about 100 cities around the world, at the same time she has been a professor at the Armenian State Conservatory for about 40 years, a journalist, author of more than 300 articles, radio and TV programs. At the same time, she was engaged in scientific activity all her life, being the first to restore and present the systematic history of the Armenian performing arts. Anahit Tsitsikian has dedicated the last 20 years of her life to the fundamental research of the ancient history of Armenian music, in essence establishing a new direction of Armenian musicology - “Musical Archaeology”.

On this site you can get acquainted with Anahit Tsitsikian's life and activities, as well as articles, playlists, recordings, CDs released, tours’ geography, conferences she has participated in and many more. The photo gallery will present you fascinating moments about the violinist, as well as the famous musicians with whom Anahit Tsitsikian has met and collaborated throughout her creative career.

"Her violin seemed to be breathing, palpitating, sighing and rejoicing. The bow was trembling, hissing sometimes with longing and tenderness slid over the strings, sometimes it crawled on them with alarm, sometimes it hit and struck angrily, as if it wanted to cut the calm and smooth strings ․․․" - Silva Kaputikian

P H O T O C H R O N I C L E

"The magnificent sound of her violin, the mastery of gently constructing the melody, the power and depth of the play, the scale of the performance - all these are typical only for a talented performer." - Maxim Shostakovich