Born: Perchanj, Kharpert, Ottoman Empire 1888
Died: Tampa, Florida October 20, 1956
Active years (recording): 1920
Label association: Victor Records

Nevart Dzeron-Koshkarian, sometimes known as Nouart, was a fine artist and art educator. She was born in Perchanj, a village that was south of Kharpert. She would arrive in the United States in 1893. Daughter to engineer and author Manoog A. Dzeron, who wrote, “Nevart having received her preparatory education in Worcester and Chicago, completed a 7- year course at the Chicago Art Institute and graduated with honors as an artist. For an additional year she went to France and Italy to refine her art. She married Prof. Bedros Goshgarian. They settled in New Jersey. Nevart has always remained a patriotic Armenian. During the Near East Relief fundraising she traveled to important centers in America, lecturing on indigenous Armenian music and singing Armenian songs. For further information on the Dzeron family and the village of Perchanj please see the Armenian Musuem’s Object Show & Tell: Memory Books.

During the humanitarian relief efforts following the Genocide, Nevart Dzeron-Koshkarian embarked on a traveling show holding lectures accompanied with song and dance and advocating for Armenian causes. 

Following a wave of influential Armenian music recorded from 1916-1918 by Armenag Shah-Mouradian, Torcom Bezazian and Zabelle Panosian, Nevart would record six songs for the Victor Records label in 1920. Only four would be commercially released: Groung (Komitas), Manir-Manir Im Jakgharag (Aigouni), Jan Gulum and Gnatz Ashoon, Yegav Garounne, the last two being arranged by K. Boyajian. Her unreleased songs were Lullaby of Armenia and Aletchartchar. While her recording output was limited to two discs, her contributions to recorded music are continued examples of dedication to the community by the Armenian musicians of America.

A special thanks to the SJS Charitable Trust for their generous support of our work to digitize and share our collection of 78 rpm records.

Jesse Kenas Collins has been instrumental in the digitization of our collection of 78 rpm records, and Harry Kezelian and Harout Arakelian’s contributions of research and consultation have been critical to assembling the writings presented over the past year. We’d also like to thank Collections Curator Gary Lind-Sinanian for his stewardship of this collection, and to the donors who have entrusted the Museum with these records.