Lusine Zakaryan

Lusine Zakaryan (Armenian: Լուսինե Զաքարյան), born Svetlana Zakaryan (Armenian: Սվետլանա Զաքարյան; June 1, 1937 in Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR – December 30, 1992, in Yerevan, Armenia), was an Armenian soprano. She grew up in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia. In 1952, she moved with her family to Yerevan, where she attended a secondary music school. She entered the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory in 1957 and her singing talent soon became apparent.

Lusine Zakaryan Լուսինե Զաքարյան
Background information
Birth name	Svetlana Apetovna Zakaryan Светлана Апетовна Закарян Սվետլանա Հաբեթի Զաքարյան სვეტლანა ზაქარიანი
Born	(1937-06-01)June 1, 1937 Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR
Origin	Armenian
Died	December 30, 1992(1992-12-30) (aged 55) Yerevan, Armenia
Genres	Opera, Armenian church music, traditional
Occupation(s)	soprano
Instruments	voice

From 1970 to 1983, Zakaryan was a soloist with the symphony orchestra of Armenian TV and Radio. She also sang in the choir of the Armenian Apostolic Church's Holy See at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, and it is for her renditions of centuries-old Armenian spiritual hymns that she is now most remembered.

Zakaryan was also known for singing the international opera repertoire as well as Armenian traditional and church music.

In July 1968, Zakaryan married the former priest Khoren Palian, also a noted singer of church music.

Zakaryan was buried at Saint Gayane Church in Etchmiadzin.