She was a National Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, National Artist of Armenia, laureate of "Mestop Mashtots" Order, Professor of the Yerevan Conservatory.

Gohar Gasparyan was born in 1924 in Cairo. She studied at the local musical academy. In 1948 she was repatriated. Since 1949 she played the leading roles in 23 operas at the National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Armenia. There were 500 compositions in her concert repertoire.

"Gohar was a wonder of nature, a strong personality who passed a brilliant vocal school. She served to both international vocal art and the Armenian music. A number of masterpieces were created in Armenian music, which presented the Armenian vocal art to the world," says Varuzhan Pluzyan, the musical critic of the Public Radio of Armenia.

Famous singer Zaruhi Dolukhanyan noted: "Gohar Gasparyans are born once in a century. Gohar was a star." -http://www.armradio.am