Born in London in 1854 , Aznavur 's family moved to Istanbul in 1867 . Aznavur completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome . He was active in Armenian community life . In 1921 , he became a founding member of the Ramgavar Party , one of the three major historic Armenian political parties . He escaped from Istanbul after the Armenian Genocide and died at the end of June 1935 in Cairo , Egypt
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Hovsep Aznavur