1988-1992 – Music school after R. Melikyan (piano – R. Saryan’s class, composition – B. Sakilari’s class)

1992-1994 – Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) (composition – A. Smbatyan’s class, instrumentation – L. Saryan’s class, theory – R. Atayan’s class)

1995 – moved to Moscow

1995-1999 – State Conservatory after P. I. Tchaikovsky (composition – prof. K. Khachaturyan, theory – prof. Yu. Kholopov). Graduated with distinction.

1999-2001 – post-graduate studies at the Moscow State Conservatory. P. I. Tchaikovsky

2002 – Professor, assistant K. Khachaturyan, teacher of composition and music theory.

2007 – Moved to Canada to defend his doctoral thesis at the University of Montreal.

1. Ariyan taught composition and music theory in a number of musical educational institutions, including the Central School of Music at the Moscow Conservatory, the Conservatory after P. I. Tchaikovsky, as well as the universities of Montreal and Hamilton.

1999 – “Concert-Brevis” for piano and orchestra was successfully performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the participation of the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

2009 – The symphonic fresco “Sounds of Stonehenge” was performed in Montreal by the “UdeM” Symphonic Orchestra in 2011, in Armenia by the National Philharmonic Orchestra, and in Moscow by the Moscow State Symphonic Orchestra

2013 – “Planète X” (Un train pour l’enfer II) for seven instruments was performed with great success in Montreal by the “Arkea” ensemble

Many of his chamber works were performed for the first time as part of the international music festival “Moscow Autumn”

One of his last works is a cycle of 12 fugues and postludes for piano commissioned by the Canadian Arts Council. In May 2022, “RMN Music” released his “Fugue and Postlude in A Major” for the “Piano 4” catalog as a reward

2016 – his music was performed in the ballet performance “Twin Suns” staged by R. Kharatyan, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Since 2020, the ballet “Twin Suns” is regularly broadcasted on Mezzo TV

1989 – “Children’s Series of Pieces” for piano (revised and expanded in 2015)

1991 – “Armenian Sorrow” – romance for voice and piano (by H. Tumanyan)

1992 – “Ballade” for clarinet and piano

1993-1994 – Trio for violin, cello and piano

1994 – “3 Songs of Taron” for mezzo-soprano and piano

1995 – “Toccata, Intermezzo and Fugue” for piano

1994-1996. – “Manfred” – Symphony No. 1 for string orchestra

1997 – “Capriccio” for solo violin

1997 – 3 pieces for piano

1997 – “Amaras” – trio for clarinet, cello and piano

1997 – “For Armenia” for choir a capella (by V. Bryusov)

1998 – “Dedication” for cello

1998-1999 – String Quartet No. 1

1999 – “Concert-Breve” for piano and orchestra

2000-2001 – Symphony No. 2

2002-2003 – “Scanda” – Symphonic Fresco No. 1 for duduk and symphonic orchestra

2005-2006 – “Resonances” for 2 violins, viola, cello, piano and wind quartet

2007 – “Twilight” for cello and piano

2009 – “Sounds of Stonehenge” – Symphonic Fresco No. 2

2009-2012 – Opera-ballet “Bilgamesh”

2013 – Planète X. (Un train for l’enfer II) for 7 instruments

2014 – “The Light of God” (“Deus Lucem”) for choir a capella

2015 – 12 Fugues and Postludes for piano

2016 – “Perpetuum Mobile” for string orchestra

2017 – “Das Grablied” for baritone and piano (by F. Nietzsche)

2019-2020 – Sonata for violin and piano

2022 – String Quartet No. 2

2023 – “Nashville Nocturne” for piano

2023 – “Five Elegant Pieces” for piano

2024 – “Adagio” for string orchestra

1994 – “Three songs of Taron” – 1st prize at the International competition after Komitas

2013 – doctor of arts