Born in
Venice to an Armenian family, Mildonian studied the harp under Margherita Cicognari at the
Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia before continuing her studies at the
Conservatoire de Paris under the direction of
Pierre Jamet. Mildonian recorded concertos for the harp with orchestra by
Alberto Ginastera and
Heitor Villa-Lobos, concertos for two harps with orchestra by
François-Joseph Gossec, and concertos for violin and harp with orchestra by
Louis Spohr. She translated the piano sonata of
Mateo Albéniz into D minor for harp. In 1971, Mildonian became a harp professor at the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the
Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, and
Codarts. She also taught summer courses at
Accademia Musicale Chigiana in
Siena and the in Venice. When she retired in 2004, she donated her collection of approximately 500 scores to the foundation. Mildonian was the only Harpist to have ever won first prize in the 3 most prestigious international harp competitions - the Israel International Harp Competition in 1959, the Geneva Competition in 1964, and the French Marcel Tournier Competition in 1971. She also received the Grand Prix du Disque in Paris. ==Awards==