Lucy Yeghiazaryan

Lusine (Lucy) Yeghiazaryan (born January 29, 1991) is an Armenian vocalist and violinist specializing in jazz and Armenian folklore music.

Life and career

Yeghiazaryan grew up in post-Soviet Armenia and the family immigrated to the US in 2002. She studied at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Jazz for Teens Program. Upon graduation in 2015, she moved to New York City where she quickly ingratiated herself into that city's jazz scene where she began working with Grant Stewart, Houston Person, Peter Bernstein, Joe Farnsworth, Bruce Harris, Terell Stafford, Peter Washington, Bernadette Peters, and Arto Tuncboyaijian, among others. Described by Downbeat as having "deep musical phrasing and a penchant for conversational improvising," Yeghiazaryan has received grants from the Doris Duke Foundation, Chamber Music America, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Personal

Yeghiazaryan is married to saxophonist Grant Stewart.

Discography

Blue Heaven (Cellar Live Records, 2019)

In Her Words (La Reserve Records, 2021)

Lonely House (2022)

Some Other Spring (2023)

Beside the Golden Door (2024)

Hey Love! (2026)

As a side woman

Grant Stewart's Rise and Shine (La Reserve Records, 2020)

Danny Jonokuchi's Voices (Outside in Music, 2023)

Harry Allen's Album With Roses (2023)

With the Acapella group YY Sister

Yerek Hatik (Naregatsi Art Institute, 2012)

At the Gate (Naregatsi Art Institute, 2017)