PETROSYAN

ARUSYAK

Musicologist

Born on 24/12/1954

Member of the Composers Union of Armenia since 2009

BIOGRAPHY

1974-1979 – vocal-theoretical department at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) majoring in “Musicologist”, post-graduate course of the Art Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA)

2017 – editorial works of the Armenian musical encyclopedia

“Computer catalog of Armenian traditional songs”, “Bibliographic catalog of traditional music of the East”

Since 1984 – Art Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (researcher in the general music department)

1997-2016 YSCK (lecturer of history of music)

1997 – “Armenian Folk Culture”, “Royal songs in the Armenian wedding ceremony”

1997 – VIII republican scientific conference dedicated to Armenian art, “Current state of Armenian musical folklore in Vayots Dzor region”

1999 – Scientific conference dedicated to R. Zaryan’s 90th birthday, “Armenian wedding songs in the collections of Komitas”.

2008 – Creativity and Performance in Armenian Traditional Art Music. Report written for the 1st International Conference “Armenian-Iranian Relations” held in Iran

2006 – “Questions of Armenian Art” collection of scientific articles of the Armenian Academy of Sciences “Some aspects of studying the musical structure of the Armenian wedding”

2007 – “Hakob Hovnathanyan – 200” conference, National Gallery, “Performance traditions of Armenian folk art”

2012 – Scientific session dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Sayat-Nova

2013 – “Performance traditions of Armenian folk professional art” Sayat-Nova – 300 international festival, Yerevan, provisions of conference reports

2014 – “Vocal-symphonic works with the commentary of H. Chekijian”, scientific session dedicated to H. Chekijian’s 85th birthday

2016 – “O. Duryan. Life and creativity in the years of independence”

1995 – “G. Talalyan. Life and creativity” monograph

2020 – “K. Kushnaryan 140” artistic magazine

2021 – Conference/seminar dedicated to the 100th anniversary of G. Chebotaryan

2022 – “A. Spendiaryan-150” International conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the composer