Izabella Arazova (born 25 September 1936) is an Armenian composer. Biography Izabella Konstantinovna Arazova (Arazian) was born in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia SFSR, Soviet Union. She studied music at Melikyan Music College from 1955 to 1958, composition with Orest Yevlakhov at the Leningrad Conservatory from 1961 to 1963, and composition with Edvard Mirzoyan at the Yerevan Conservatory from 1964 to 1967. After completing her studies, she taught orchestration, composition and harmony at the Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan until 1990. In 1967 she became a member of the Armenian Composers' Union. Arazova's works have been performed in Armenia, Russia, Estonia, Ukraine, the United States, Japan, France and Switzerland. She has resided in Yerevan since 1942. Works Selected works include: String Quartet no.1, 1965 Polyphonic Choruses (S. Kaputikyan), 1966 Concerto for Orchestra 1967 6 Allegories (V. Grigoryan), 1v, pf, 1969 Elegy, vc, pf, 1969 Triptych, symphony (Kaputikyan), chorus, orch, 1972 3 yaponskikh stikhotvoreniy (3 Japanese poems from the Middle Ages), 1v, pf, 1979 5 Retrospections, pf, 1983 Sonata no.1, vc, 1983 Sonata no.2, vc, pf, 1984 Perpetuum mobile, vc, pf, 1985 Sonata, pf 1985 Sonata no.3 'Sonata-Mystery', vc, pf, 1987 The World is Just a Dream (Japanese poems from the Middle Ages), 1v, pf, 1988 Sonata, vn, pf 1991 String Quartet no.2, 1991 Quattro, 4 vc, 1995 Prayer, orch, 1996 References 1936 births Living people Musicians from Rostov-on-Don Soviet Armenians 20th-century classical composers Music educators Women classical composers Armenian composers Women music educators 20th-century women composers