| Glakho Zakaryan | |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Tiflis, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Genre: | classical, folk |
| Occupation: | singer |
Glakho Zakaryan (Armenian: Գլախո Զաքարյան, Georgian: გლახო ზახაროვი, April 26, 1905 – February 28, 1992) was an Armenian singer. He was an Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967) and an Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1985).[1]
Since 1926 Glakho Zakaryan was soloist of the Georgian Philharmonic. He performed the songs of Armenian ashiks, mainly Sayat-Nova (Zakaryan's performance of the song "Dun en glkhen imastoun iss..." ("You are wise since then") is heard in the Armenian TV movie "Sayat-Nova", 1960).[2] In 1934, as part of the "Mountain Eagles" joint multinational ensemble, he performed on tour in many cities of the USSR. In 1939, he participated in the ten-day exhibition of Georgian art and literature in Moscow, in 1943–1945, he led the group of duduk players in the Georgian Song-Dance Ensemble. He gave concerts in Yerevan, Moscow, Leningrad, Vladivostok, and Central Asian cities.[3]
One of the streets of Tbilisi is named after Zakaryan.[4]