Navasard Hakobyan

baritone

Fellow

2023

Age

Birthplace

Voronej, Gribanovsky, Russia

School/Position

Houston Grand Opera

Compeers

Siran and Emmanuel Maldjian

Scholarship Donor

Elizabeth Mosher Endowed Scholarship in Voice

Music Academy Award

2023 Marilyn Horne Song Competition winner

Armenian baritone Navasard Hakobyan is a second year Butler Studio Artist with Houston Grand Opera, where he has performed the roles of Second Nazarene in R. Strauss' Salome, Antonio in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and Douphol in Verdi's La Traviata;
Navasard received several awards in 2022, including the Sullivan Award, First Place in the Eleanor McCollum Competition, and First Prize in the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition;
He studies with Stephen King.