Olive Zorian | |
|---|---|
 Olive Zorian (left) playing violin I in the Zorian Quartet | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 16 March 1916 Manchester, England |
| Died | 17 May 1965 (aged 49) London, England |
| Genres | Classical |
| Instrument | Violin |
| Formerly of | Zorian Quartet |
Olive Nevart Zorian (16 March 1916 in Manchester – 17 May 1965 in London) was an English classical violinist.
She was the youngest daughter of Samuel Hovannes Zorian and Ada Mary Zorian. Samuel was an Armenian hosiery manufacturer and musician from Diyarbakir, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, who had been imprisoned by the Turkish authorities in the 1890s as a political activist, and who thereafter relocated to Manchester, England.[1][2] The family settled in Manchester and were prominent cotton merchant businessmen. Ada (née Rushton) came from Birmingham.
- ^ George, Joan (2002). Merchants in Exile: The Armenians in Manchester, England, 1835–1935. Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). ISBN 978-1-903656-08-2.
- ^ "All results for Samuel H Zorian". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2016.