Sirusho's biography isone of the most accomplished and interesting biographies in the Armenian showbusiness of today. She comes from a family of artists - her parents have beenrecognized as accomplished artists of Armenia her father being a renownedactor and director (an Honored Artist of Armenia) and her mother a reputablesinger beloved by the public (also an Honored Artist of Armenia).
Sirusho's first encounter with singing and music was when she was ten monthsold. Yet, it wasn't long before she started to sing full songs, being two yearsold. One of the songs that Sirusho performed as a child was "Qele-qele", an Armenian folk song written in the early1900s by Komitas.
At the age of 7 Sirusho began to write her own music, as well as lyrics inArmenian and English. She was 8 when she greeted her first big crowd. At theage of 9 the song, she had composed, brought her an award at the Contest ofYoung Talent. Being only 10 years old, she successfully competed in a contestwith participants over her age (under 22) eventually winning the first place.She released her first album "Sirusho" when she was 13, gradually becoming one of themost favored performers at the biggest Armenian concerts. Some of the bestArmenian composers have written songs for her. She has toured around severalcountries, bringing vibrant Armenian pop and folk music to Canada, the U.S.,France, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Lebanon, Egypt, Georgia, Russia, Jordan,Turkey, Syria, Iran, Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Czech Republic and elsewhere.
After performing soul and pop music for years, Sirusho decided to work on the album ofArmenian folk gusan songs by Gusan Sheram (this album also included the hitsong"Shorora"). In 2005, the album was recognized as The BestAlbum of the Year atthe Armenian National Music Awards. Her success at the 2005 Awards becamedouble by receiving the award for Best Female Artist of the Year, being only 18. At the end of her thank-youspeech, she said, "I have worked and toured a lot this year, and even in afew hours after this event, Ill be flying to the U.S. for concerts, and I wantto thank you all for giving me wings for all the future "flights" ofmy life. In a few days her single "Give me wings", written by herself, had flooded radio wavesand music channels, becoming a hit among the Armenian public. In 2006, Sirushoreceived the award for Best Female Artist of the Year at the Annual Armenian-Russian Diaspora MusicAwards held in Moscow. A year later, she was announced The BestFemale Artist of the Year at the Armenian Music Awards, held by the Armenian-AmericanDiaspora at the Kodak Theater. Sirusho received her fourth Best FemaleArtist award at the 2008Armenian National Music Awards, where she had obtained her first award in 2005,and had promised to continue her "flight". She has received severalother awards for her songs and music videos.
In 2006, Armenian pop music suffered the loss of one of its best performers ofall times, Varduhi Vardanyan, in a tragic car accident. Varduhi had been like asister for Sirusho ever since she was a little kid. In her loving memory,Sirusho dedicated a song called "Mez Vochinch Chi Bazhani" ("NothingWill Part Us").
In 2007, Sirusho released her third album, titled "Hima", which included the song dedicated to Varduhi,as well as many other tracks written and produced by Sirusho. The album provedto be a breakthrough in Armenian music, unleashing a fresh wave of mixing souland R&B with Armenian instruments such as Duduk, Dhol, Zourna, and others.
Graduating from Yerevan School #114 named after Khachik Dashtents, Sirushodecided to continue her education at Yerevan State University. And now she hasgraduated International Relations.
In 2007, the Armenian Public Television surprised Sirusho by asking her torepresent Armenia in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. From four candidatesongs produced by four Armenian composers (with lyrics written by Sirusho), theArmenian vote selected "Qele, Qele"!
Sirusho took the fourth place in Eurovision Song Concert 2008 in Belgrade. She had a wide promo tour in many europiancountries and Qele-Qele became famous all over Europe.After the contest sheparticipated in many famous music evets in Sweden,Italy,Ukraine,Russia,Belarus,UK,Israel,Greece,Malta,Serbia,Cyprus and other countries. Sirusho has released her 4th Havatum em album last year.She has composedmost of the songs on the album.
Sirusho continues receiving awards. Recently in one month Shereceived six awards-
Armenian NationalMusic Awards- Havatum em best album
Armenian NationalMusic Awards Havatum em, hit of the year
Tashir Awards Awardfor spreading Armenian music in Europe
Luxury Awards BestSinger
Luxury Awards BestMedia Star
Style Screen The moststylish singer
Sirusho continuesperforming and composing, producing songs for her colleges.
