1968 – graduated from the musicology department at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK)

1980 – graduated from the Moscow Research Institute of Art Studies (prof. M. Tarakanov)

Professor, lecturer at the Department of Music Theory at the YSCK

1966-1993 – responsible secretary of the art department of the Armenian Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (ASCRFC), and later the position of head

1983-1991, from 1996 – deputy head of the musicological department at the Composers Union of Armenia (CUA)

Since 1998 – member of the CUA board

2002, 2003, 2007 – member of the commission for awarding RA State prizes to workers in the field of art and literature

Since 2001 – member of the scientific council at the YSCK

Since 2003 – member of the Scientific Council of the Art Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA)

Author of more than 150 published works, including books, articles in collections, magazines and periodicals.

Participated in many national and international conferences, seminars, congresses.

The main field of research is music problems, from folk to modern compositional art, author of the first monographs dedicated to national musical rhythms in Armenia.

Books:

1986 – “Rhythm of National Language and Music”, “Soviet Writer” PH., Yerevan

1999 – “Following the rhythms of national music: a historical-theoretical research”, “Mashtots”, Yerevan

2012 – “From the life and work of Armenian composers”, Lusabats, Yerevan (in Russian and Armenian)

1975 – Speech and music, Journal of Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, №5

1975 – Shakespeare and Music, “Soviet Art” Magazine, №8

1976 – For the first time in Yerevan (about Shostakovich’s 8th Symphony), “Soviet Art”, №4

1976 – The Conductor’s Merit (about I.Kharajanyan), “Soviet Art” magazine, №12

1976 – Melodies of the Soviet Transcaucasus, “Soviet Music” magazine, Moscow, №1

1976 – Children’s Music Week, “Soviet Music” magazine, Moscow, №9

1977 – “About the work of the Central Committee of Armenia”, “Soviet Music” magazine, Moscow, №1 (in Russian)

1977 – “In memory of two artists”, “Soviet music” magazine, Moscow, №2 (in Russian)

1977 – All-Union Seminar of Teachers in Yerevan, “Soviet Art” magazine, №3

1978 – From the perspective of the final concert (Chamber Music Festival), “Soviet Art” magazine, №7

1979 – The impact of speech on music as a manifestation of nationalism, USSR Academy of Sciences “News of social sciences”, №7

1979 – Why the musical material does not develop (about the plenum of young composers), “Soviet Art” magazine, №8

1979 – About the rhythmic exchange of national language and music, 4^th republican scientific conference dedicated to the problems of Armenian culture and art, Theses in Armenian, Russian, Yerevan. USSR Academy of Sciences

1981 – “Music of the Generous Heart” (on the 60^th anniversary of E. Mirzoyan), “Hayastan today” magazine (in Russian, English, French, Spanish), №6, Yerevan (in Russian)

1982 – Awaiting discoveries (about plenum of chamber and choral music), “Soviet art” magazine, №8 (in Russian)

1982 – Festival of Young Composers, “Soviet Art” magazine, №12

1983 – Speaking of Percussion Instruments (about the Mark Pekarsky Group), “Soviet Art” magazine, №3

1985 – Modern vocal assergy and its national origins, Journal of Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, №10 (in Russian)

1986 – Real Music: Real Propaganda (Editorial Conversations), “Soviet Music” Magazine, №11, Moscow (in Russian)

1987 – In the flowering phase of creative forces (creative portrait of L. Chaushyan), “Armenia Today” magazine (in Russian, English, German, French, Spanish), №2 (in Russian)

1987 – Aabout the concert of Finnish music “Armenia Today” magazine (in Russian, English, German, French, Spanish) №4

1988 – (Creative portrait of V. Babayan) “Armenia today” magazine, №№2-3, (in Russian)

1988 – About the definitions of the perception of “Rhythm”, Provisions of the reports of the Conference of Teachers, Yerevan, RUMK (in Russian)

1988 – About the features of metrorhythmic structures of Armenian string quartets, Provisions of the International Conference “National Musical Culture. problems, perspectives”, Tbilisi (in Russian)

1989 – Trends in the development of Armenian instrumental music in the 70’s, Journal of the USSR Academy of Sciences “Informative Social Sciences”, №8

1989 – A. Khachatryan’s national sense of rhythm, “Soviet Art” magazine, №2

1989 – Reform is necessary, “Soviet Art” magazine, №4

1990 – International nature of rock music, “Arvest” magazine, №4

1990 – On the features of the metrorhythmic structures of Armenian string quartets, “Borbad and the artistic traditions of the peoples of Central Asia” (history and modernity), collection, provisions of the international conference, Dushanbe, Donish (in Russian)

1991 – About one of the manifestations of national rhythmic thinking, provisions of the reports of the teachers’ conference, Yerevan, РУМК, 1990. (in Russian)

The types of interaction of meter and rhythm in modern Armenian music, provisions of reports of conferences of teachers and intern-researchers, Yerevan, “Meghapart” (in Russian)

1991 – Rhythm, meter and intonation in music, collection of “Banber RA social sciences”, №2 (in Russian)

1992 – A dedication to the conductor (about M. Ter-Simonyan’s pamphlet “A. Katanyan”), “Arvest” magazine, №№ 1,2,3

1992 – “On exact methods of musical text analysis”, Provisions of reports of the national conference “Problems and methods of musical text analysis”, “GIND”, Yerevan, (in Russian)

1993 – A voice that enlightened souls (on the occasion of the anniversary of Alan Hovhannes), “Arvest” magazine, №№1-2

1993 – L’espressione dei popoli traverso la simmetria e l’asimmetria ritmica (National in rhythms of symmetry and asymmetry). – “Musica /Realta” Registrazione del Tribunale di Milano, Anno XIV, №41.

1993 – The nation in the rhythms of symmetry and asymmetry. – Journal of social and Evolutionary systems. – London, №4.

1995 – A. Terteryan, “Arvest” magazine, №№5-6

1995 – In the footsteps of Komitas’ metrorhythmic stress system, theses of the reports of the 7^th Republican Conference on Armenian Art (in Armenian and Russian), Yerevan, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

1996 – Once again about the national and the international, provisions of the reports of the theoretical conference “Traditions and Modernity”, (in Armenian and Russian languages), Yerevan, Armenian Musical Assembly

1999 – According to the musical impulses of A. Khachatryan, “Issues of the Theory and Aesthetics of Armenian Musical Creativity” collection, chap. editor: A. Ananyan, “Archesh” publishing house, Yerevan (in Russian)

2000 – National expressiveness of rhythm, Collection of musicological works, editor-in-chief: N. F. Avetisyan, “Komitas”, Yerevan (in Russian)

A new look at the past, “Musical Armenia” magazine, №1(2) (in Russian)

2000, 2001 – «To the Future» (about V. L. Goloshovsky), “Musical Armenia” collection, YSCK, Yerevan, (in Russian)

2001 – About the characteristics of quantitative rhythms in Armenian folk rural and compositional art, “East-West. Proceedings of the international conference “Dialogues in Armenia” (in Armenian, Russian, English), Yerevan (in Russian)

2002 – A call that captivates human souls, “Musical Armenia” magazine, №1(5), Yerevan, (in Russian)

2004 – A. Khachatryan and the issue of nationalism, “A. Khachatryan and the music of the 20th century” collection, “Archesh” publishing house, Yerevan  (in Russian)

2004 – The world of S. Zakaryan’s music, “Musical Armenia” magazine, №№3-4 (14-15) in Russian)

2005 – A call that captivates human souls, collection “Sounds of Devotion” (in memory of H. Dellalyan), editor: N. Dellalyan, Yerevan University Publishing House

2005 – My spirit is reborn among Armenians, “Musical Armenia” magazine, №2(17) (in Russian)

2005 – Composers Union of Armenia Today, “Musical Academy” magazine, Moscow, No. 1 (in Russian)

2005 – S. Zakaryan’s “Dedication”, “Traditions and innovation. A. Terteryan-75” collection, “Archesh” publishing house, Yerevan (in Russian)

2005 – Traditional and innovative in G. Hovunts’s work, “Musical Armenia” magazine, №3 (18) (in Russian)

2005 – Rhythms in Armenian folk-rural and compositional art, “Musical Armenia” magazine, №3 (18) (in Russian)

2006 – Features of the rhythmic movements of the music of the first followers of Aram Khachaturyan. Classics of Armenian music of the XX century.- Gyumri. Komitas (in Russian)

2006 – Types of folkloric symptoms in the works of modern Armenian composers. Folk creativity and composer’s art. – Yerevan, «Archesh» (in Russian)

2007 – Mer Arno (creative portrait of A. Babajanyan), “Musical Academy” magazine, №2, Moscow (in Russian)

2007 – Speech and melody in three vocal series of Armenian composers (M. Israelyan, E. Yerkanyan, V. Achemyan), “Armenian professional musical art and Gyumri” collection, Eldorado, Gyumri

2008 – “The stylistic metamorphoses of Arno Babajanyan’s music”, “Dedicated to Arno Babajanyan” collection (in Armenian and Russian), editor-compiler: S. K. Sargsyan, Zh. Zurabyan, “Antares” publishing house, Yerevan (in Russian)

2008 – K. Penderecki in the world of music, YSCK magazine, “Musical Armenia”, №2 (29), Yerevan (in Russian)

2009 – About my teacher, “Dialogue of cultures. “Armenian-Russian Cultural Relations” collection, Proceedings of the Second International Conference, “Gyumri” publishing house, Gyumri (in Russian)

2010 – The image of Tigran and A. Scarlatti’s music, “Tigran the Great” collection, (in Armenian, Russian, English), editor: G. Mirzoyan, “Tigran Mets” ed., Yerevan (in Russian)

2011 – Komitas’ hymns in German, “Dialogue of cultures. Proceedings of the third international conference”, “Improritm”, Gyumri (in Russian)

1981 – Candidate of Arts (Moscow)

1988 – Associated professor (Moscow)

1995 – Professor of YSCK

2001 – Master of Arts (Moscow)

2003 – A. Khachatryan gold medal (on the occasion of the composer’s 100^th birthday).

Laureate of the award ceremony of the best works of musicologists announced by the Union of Armenians of Russia, the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia, and CUA

2013 – Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia