A musician of Armenian descent, she was born in France. After a trip to former Soviet Armenia in 1980, she began studying the kanun with Aram Kerovpyan, a student of Saadettin Öktenay.
From 1984 to 1986 she lived in Istanbul, where she continued her studies and took part in various musical ensembles as well as in the university choir.
From 1987 to 1992 she lived in Athens, where she taught kanun and theory of Eastern music at the “Nikos Skalkottas” and “Evmousia” Conservatories, as well as at the Music High School and Lyceum of Pallini. She founded the music ensemble Sehnaz, with a repertoire of the classical music of Istanbul.
In 1993 she settled in Istanbul. Until 2005 she regularly performed on the radio in classical music programmes. In 2001 she began working as a music teacher at the French-speaking Music School, and in 2006 she assumed its directorship.
She took part in concerts in Turkey and Greece, as well as in seminars at music schools in Northern Greece (Kavala, Xanthi, Komotini).
Source: Agnes Agopian
