Armenian singer Lilit Hovhannisyan is one of the brightest stars in the musical sky of Armenia. Today she shines with her original images, funny and sad songs, impressive clips. The attitude to her person is ambiguous: some criticize her, while others admire and worship her. One thing is clear - she is an extraordinary personality.
Life story
When and where was Lilit Hovhannisyan born? Her biography dates back to 1987, December 7. Exactly one year before the terrible earthquake that struck the people of Armenia. Her parents were employees: mom is a teacher of the Armenian language, and dad is an engineer. Still a very tiny girl, Lilith loved to sew dresses for dolls. When she grew up a little, she said that she wanted to become a clothing designer, and already made the first attempts to fulfill her dream: she sewed some simple but fashionable clothes for herself and her friends, remade her mother’s boring dresses.
Times were difficult, post-war. When the girl was 4 years old, Armenia was involved in the war with Azerbaijan. For about three years, people lived almost without electricity, and music rarely sounded in the Oganesyan house. Only rare fan inclusions, half an hour at the TV per day. If Lilith heard a song on TV, then she hummed it all day, so much so that everyone was surprised. Lilith also painted well and spent days singing along to herself, inventing different models of dresses on paper.
Musical ability
So who discovered musical talent in Lilit Hovhannisyan? Her biography tells how one of the relatives once heard the girl singing and was fascinated by her voice. She hummed a familiar motive under her nose, so professionally that this person turned to her parents with advice to seriously engage in the development of her musical abilities.
Mom Lilith has long noticed that the girl has a singing gift, but the advice of a relative became an incentive for her to find time and take her daughter to music school No. 8 named after S. Jrbashyan. Thus, Lilit Hovhannisyan, whose biography is described in this article, embarked on the professional career of a musician and for several years, under the guidance of professional teachers, she taught musical notation and playing the piano.
Then she entered the college operating at the YSMK theater, this time in the vocal class. Then she became a student at the Yerevan Conservatory, which bears the name of the great Armenian musician, composer Komitas. As a specialty, she chose jazz vocals. In 2011, Lilith was already the holder of a diploma of higher education.
Character Features
Despite the fact that the girl had excellent vocal abilities, she did not know how to present herself to the viewer. She was very constrained and shy. Even after getting to the Ay Superstar vocal competition, she did not know how to behave on stage, what to do. From excitement, her temperature even rose, and she could not sing.
The youngest member of the jury - Vahram Petrosyan - having looked at her profile, Lilit Hovhannisyan decided to give a chance. Her biography, of course, was impressive. By this time she had a pretty decent musical education as a pianist and singer. As a result, the girl got the opportunity to speak to the jury after recovery. She performed - and passed the qualifying round.
Success Path
It was a bumpy road full of obstacles. Participation in the show “Ay Superstar”, of course, gave Lilith a lot. She did not reach the finals and did not become a winner, but she gained enormous experience, well, a true friend in the person of the same jury member who helped her then.
It was the composer Vahram Petrosyan. He encouraged her in every possible way, with his jokes he helped to cope with the constant stress that is inherent in all competitions. Then the rumors about the romance between Vahram and Lilit Hovhannisyan went on.
Her songs, by the way, also were directly related to the young composer. He was their author. Then they became inseparable and everywhere appeared together. During this time, Lilith seemed to bloom, become more self-confident, more decisive. She has more and more born new hits. One is better than the other. Once upon a time, popularity unexpectedly fell upon her. And now everyone knew who Lilit Hovhannisyan was. Her songs became hits, young fans wanted to imitate her, dress like her, etc. And the singer herself was changing before our eyes, every day she became more and more beautiful.
Marriage
Then the Internet was flooded with information that the wedding of Lilit Hovhannisyan was planned soon. Her husband is Wagram, whom everyone knows, he became the producer of his new wife. And this, of course, benefited her. Then she sang for a picture based on the famous writer Nar-Dos, “The Killed Dove”.
In the same year she was recognized as the best singer of the year. Of course, this inspired her and gave an incentive to reach new heights. Since 2008, she has won various awards, but the loudest of them is the World Armenian Entertainment Awards, which she received in the Kodak Hall in Los Angeles.
Songs performed by Lilit Hovhannisyan
Almost all the songs of the young singer become hits. Most of them do not leave the first lines of the ratings of various radio stations for several months, and the clips shot on them are similar to mini-films. They have a plot, history and denouement. In each of the clips, Lilith appears before the viewer in a completely new way. Further in the article we give the names of some of her songs, which brought the singer great success:
- "De el mi" (Stop);
- "You are my doll";
- "No no";
- "My love, I hate you";
- "Mexico";
- "Gypsy";
- "Do not turn away";
- "Elegy";
- Requiem, etc.
A dream come true
Lilith recently founded her online store. Here girls can choose the cut and color of their favorite dresses, modeled by Lilith. Perhaps she will once open her own brand and will produce clothes under her own brand. In the meantime, her store operates exclusively online. Her loyal customers are fans of her singing talent.