1953 – Graduated from the violin department of the Tbilisi state conservatory after V. Sarazhishvili

1959 – Graduated from the composition department of the Yerevan state conservatory after Komitas (prof: Ed. Mirzoyan)

1953-1960 – worked as a violinist at the Yerevan state opera and ballet theater after A. Spendiaryan

1960-2002 – professor at the Yerevan State Pedagogical University after Kh. Abovyan

Since 1970 – the Artistic Director of the Council of the Composers Union of the ArmSSR

3 musical comedies

Symphony

Symphonietta

Concerto for harmonica or saxophone and chamber orchestra

3 pieces for chamber orchestra: “Prayer,” “Waltz,” “Dance of the Lerntsies”

4 pieces for saxophone quartet

Pieces for alto saxophone and piano (published in London)

2 cantatas (published in Moscow)

Collections of children’s and youth pieces for piano and violin (published in Vienna and Yerevan)

2 sonatas for solo cello

Children’s and pop songs

2 romances for soprano and piano (by V. Teryan)

Operas:

“Bonfire,” “Wounds of Armenia,” “Tarot”