Studied at the P. I. Tchaikovsky Music School

1952 – graduated from the Yerevan State Conservatory named after Komitas (YSCK)

1955 – graduated from the postgraduate program of the Moscow Conservatory (prof.-s: G. Tigranov, G. Saradzhyan, B. Yarustovsky)

Since 1957 – Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

Since 1965 – Head of Department

1979-2005 – Deputy Director

1973-1991 – Secretary of the Board of the Union of Composers of Armenia

Since 1977 – lecturer at the YSCK

Since 2003 – Professor at the YSCK

G. Geodakyan’s research is devoted to the problems of Armenian musical history and theory.

1980 – Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR

2009 – Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia

2011 – Movses Khorenatsi Medal