1956 – graduated from the piano department of the music school after P. I. Tchaikovsky

1962 – graduated from the musicology department at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) (prof. G. Tigranov)

1965-1969 – post-graduate course at the National Academy of Sciences of The Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia (NAS ASSR), the All-Union Institute of Art Studies in Moscow (prof. V. Vasina-Grossman)

1963-1965 – music editorial office at the Armenian TV and Radio State Committee (editor)

1969 – NAS ASSR (junior researcher of the music department)

1971 – Candidate’s thesis on “Some issues of establishment and development of the Armenian symphony” (candidate of arts)

1990’s – Consultant at the Al. Spendiaryan State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet

2005 – doctoral dissertation on the topic “The modern stage of the development of the Armenian symphony based on the work of A. Terteryan” and received (doctor of Arts)

Since 2005 – Member of the professional council of Art Studies at the NAS RA

Since 2006 – Leading researcher at the Music Department of the NAS RA Art Institute

Since 2006 – Member of the Scientific Council of the NAS RA

Since 2009 – Leading researcher of the Diaspora Armenian Art Department of the NAS RA

Since 2016 – leading researcher of the Music Department of the NAS RA

Author of about 100 scientific works dedicated to modern Armenian music, published in scientific collections and magazines, more than 300 articles.

Monographs:

1980 – “Armenian symphony. Researching issues”, Yerevan

2002 – “A. Terteryan. Creativity and life”. Yerevan

2002 – Booklet “House-Museum after A. Khachaturyan”

2003 – A. Khachaturian. Letter: Composition and preface, “Nairi”, Yerevan (The book was released separately in Armenian and Russian languages)

2005 – CD. Aram Khachaturian. Movie music. Filmadaran, (Armenian National Film Library) (in russian and armenian)

2005 – Doctoral dissertation “Modern stage of the development of the Armenian symphony on the example of A. Terteryan’s creativity”, Yerevan

2006 – CD J. Duvalyan. L’Archive Nationalede Armenie (in russian, armenian and french)

2009 – “Portraits of Armenian composers”, Yerevan

2015 – Theater of Sound, V. Adjemyan, Yerevan

2009 – CD S. Navasardyan. A. Khachaturyan / in memory of N. Terehara/ “Harmony” (in russian and french)

2009 – CD S. Navasardyn. Four images of the Armenians. 2009 (in russian and french)

2014 – Booklet A. Terteryan, “Fire ring”, article “A. Terteryan and his opera “Fire ring” dedicated to Artsakh Independence Day.

2015 – Booklet “H. Elibekyan. A dedication to Komitas”, Article “Henrik Elibekyan – Komitas”. Exhibition dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the Great Genocide. Yerevan, “Tigran Mets”

2016 – Booklet “H. Elibekyan. A dedication to A. Khachatryan”, Yerevan

Conferenses:

1984 – Asafiev and the oriental music

1992 – The semantic aspect of musical analysis

1996 – Social conditioning of symphonic genres “Tradition and Modernity”

1996 – Social conditioning of symphonic genres. Theoretical conference “Tradition and Modernity” (Abstracts). Yerevan

1999 – Portraits of A. Terteryan

1999 – «We all grew up with this great culture»

2003 – Idea of form

2004 – Historical realities of A. Terteryan’s symphonies

2004 – Knowledge of traditions

2004 – Duduk in modern professional music

2005 – Portrait of A. Khudoyan. Personality formation

2004 – Knowledge of traditions

2007 – Conference dedicated to the 80^th anniversary of H. Chekijyan

2008 – The place and role of Avet Terteryan in the dialogue of cultures

2010 – Reflection of historical memory in art

2010 – The fate of the symphony genre in modern Armenia

2007 – Musical ship by H. Chekijyan

2011 – Lessons from Ed. Mirzoyan

2012 – Sayat-Nova and Parajanov

2012 – Music as the main factor in the synthesis of arts in filmmaking using the example of “Pepo” by Bek-Nazarov

2013 – Aram Khachaturian opens a new vision

2014 – K. Penderecki and Armenian music

2014 – H. Chekijyan as a triumph of Armenian choral culture

2014 – Premonition in music as overcoming world cataclysms

2014 – Theses of S. Diaghilev

2014 – T. Chukhajyan in the light of new research

2015 – “Great music with us and about us” (dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide)

2015 – Armenian symphonies performed by armenian conductors

2016 – Report at the Republican conference dedicated to the 90^th anniversary of the Armenian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

2016 – A. Terteryan in Russia

1983 – laureate of the All-Union Musicological Competition after B. Asafev for the “Armenian Symphony. Research Reviews” book.

Since 1994 – member of the “Armenian Musical Forum” public organization

2008 – Certificate of Merit of the NAS RA

2011 – Gold medal of the RA Ministry of Culture

2011 – Honored Artist of the RA