Piano department at the Yerevan Sarajev and Sayat-Nova music schools

Theoretical department of the P. I. Tchaikovsky Music School

1967-1972 – department music theory at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK)

Since 1974 – researcher at the “Matenadaran” after M. Mashtots in Yerevan

The activities of medieval Armenian composers, the late medieval schools of Armenian spiritual singing, the musical heritage of the Mkhitaryan Order, the circumstances related to the creation of the New Armenian recording, as well as some questions related to the musical heritage of Reverend Komitas, concepts of music therapy based on medieval Armenian manuscripts.

Musicological articles about the Yerevan concerts were published in “Voice of the Motherland”, “Literary Newspaper”, “Avangard”, “Hayastani Hanrapetutyun”, “Yerekoyan Yerevan”, “Azg”, “Zartonk”, “Shoghakn”, “Christian Armenia”, “Arvest”. “, “Musical Armenia”, “Look from Yerevan”, “Azdarar India” magazines and newspapers in armenian, english, russian, french and spanish languages.

Active contribution to the enrichment of L. Zakaryan’s spiritual repertoire, transferring many hymns and verses from the registers of spiritual songs recorded in the New Armenian recording system stored in Matenadaran to European notes at the request of Kh. Palyan. And in the last few years, close cooperation with the singer A. Mayilyan (as scientific advisor, co-author and editor of CD texts).

1981 – “Minas the Physician and the New Armenian Recording”, Historical-Philological Journal (PBU), № 3

1983 – “M. Bžškean et la notation musicale Arménienne modern”, Revue des Etudes Arménienne (REA), vol. XVII, Paris

1994 – “Manuscript of the “Matean Musicality” of the Vienna Library as a late medieval musicological-translational work”, Banber Matenadaran (BM), vol. 16

1999 – “The Contribution of Komitas Vardapet to the Study of Kurdish Music”, Yerevan

1997 – “H. Minas Medikian, Music. (work: A. Kerovbeani), Yerevan, 1997” book review

1997 – M. Bzhshkian. Music, A Brief Overview of the Musical Theory of Modulations and Khaz Notations, 1815. Ed. by A. Kerovpyan. Yerevan, “Girk”, Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, Vol. 13, 2003-2004 (review)

Since 2000 – Arcicles and report covering the musical activities of M. Sebastatsi, the Armenological journal “Bazmavep”

2001 – “Mkhitar Sebastsi as the founder of the musical tradition of the Mkhitarian Congregation”, “Bazmavep”

2002 – “Berlin exhibition of Reverend Komitas”, “Bazmavep”

2003 – “Grigor Narekatsi’s musical legacy”, “Bazmavep”

2004 – “New styles of Grigor Narekatsi’s poems”, “Bazmavep”

2007 – “The Venice school of late medieval music according to Rev. Father Gh. Taiyan’s Recording Series”

2007 – “Perceptions of music therapy among Armenians”, “Bazmavep”

2009 – “H. Limonjian (Life and Work, 1768-1839)”, “Bazmavep”

2010 – “The musical activity of Father I. Kyureghian”, “Bazmavep”

2012 – “Armenian medieval manuscripts on music therapy (reviews)”

2013 – “H. Bakhchinian, The Literary Path of Sharakan (5th-14th Centuries)”

2015 – “Astrology and music appeals in medieval Armenia”. The connection of astronomy with other sciences, culture and society: a collection of materials of the 13^th annual conference of the Armenian Astronomical Society, Byurakan

1986 – “Recordings of S. Partev’s 3 Hymns”, (Matenadaran, International Conference of Armenian Medieval Literature), Yerevan

1986 – “To the question of musical and literary analysis of Sharakans”, (Problems of genesis and specifics of early forms of musical culture), Dilijan

1998 – “The Late Medieval Constantinople School of Armenian Church Singing”, (Armenia and the Christian East), Yerevan

1998 – “Music therapy in Armenian medieval manuscripts”, (Musical culture at the dawn of the XXI century), Yerevan

1999 – “Reflections on Music Therapy”, (First All-Armenian Conference on Music Therapy), Yerevan

1999 – “The Bible and the Sermons Collection of Armenian Spiritual Singing”, Oshakan, the text of which was published in its entirety in the book “Biblical Armenia”, Yerevan

2001 – “The Armenian and Byzantine Church Music in Constantinople”, (20^th International Congress of Byzantine Studies), Paris

2001 – “Christian Armenia as a Crossroad of Civilization”, International Academic Conference, Yerevan

2002 – “New Armenian system of wireless notopisi”, Saint-Petersburg

2002 – “On the question of the combination of Armenian and Byzantine canons”, (Musical canonical traditions of the Christian world), Yerevan

2002 – “Music therapy as a method of treatment with art”, Tbilisi

2003 – “The main late medieval schools of Armenian spiritual singing”, (Armenology Today and Prospects for its development, International Conference on Armenology), Yerevan

2003 – “M. Sebastasi as the founder of the musical tradition of the Congregation of Mkhitarist in Venice”, and “Experience of comparing Armenian and Byzantine church hymns”, St. Petersburg

2005 – “M. Mashtots and S. The Musical Heritage of Sahak Partev”, (International Conference on the Invention of Armenian Writing), Stepanakert

2006 – “Music-Therapy in Medieval Armenia”, (21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies), London

2007 – “The musical heritage of Armenian songwriters Catholicos”, (Scientific session of Matenadaran), Yerevan

2010 – “The Musical Culture of Kutahia’s Armenian Community (The Armenian Communities of Asia Minor), UCLA in 2010, published in 2014.

2013 – Armenian History and Culture Series, Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, Volume 13″, Los Angeles

2014 – “Musical culture of Kyotahia Armenians (according to a unique collection of turkish songs with Armenian texts written by Komitas) published in “Armenian Folk Culture XVI. Traditional and modern in Armenian culture”, Yerevan

2013 – “Music-Therapy in Medieval Armenian Manuscripts”, (World Psychiatric Association, Thematic Conference “Mental Health and Mental Illness: Focusing on Eurasia”, International Conference), Yerevan, 2013 (the proceedings were published in the “Armenian Journal of Mental Health” of the Armenian Psychiatric Association) (Armenian Journal of Mental Health, Volume 4, Supplement 1)

2015 – “The cooperation of Komitas and Tigran Chitun in the arena of Van-Vaspurakan’s song collection”. A report read at the international conference “Van self-defense – 100” (Yerevan, 2015), published in “The musical culture of Cilician Armenia. Shronali Foundation, Yerevan

1999 – “The musical legacy of S. Parthev”, Oshakan

2000 – “The musical heritage of historical father Movses Khorenatsi”

2001 – “The musical legacy of H. Mandakuni”

2002 – “The musical legacy of Hovhan Odznets”

2003 – “From M. Mashtots to St. Grigor Narekatsi”

2004 – “Newly discovered pages of Grigor Narekatsi’s musical heritage”

2005 – “The musical legacy of Mesrop Mashtots” (dedicated to the 1600th anniversary of the invention of armenian writing and translation of the Bible)

2006 – “Armenian spiritual singing as a cornerstone of the Armenian Church and a factor of strengthening statehood”

Member of the Assosation of Byzantinology of Armenia