1907-1909 – studied piano department at the Berlin Conservatory (prof. I. Schulz)

1915 – graduated from the composition department at the Petrograd Conservatory (profs. V. Kalafati, M. Steinberg, M. Vitol)

Tbilisi and Yerevan conservatories (lecturer)

1910-1913 – “Oriental dances” piano pieces

1910-1918 – series of piano pieces №1

1915-1923 – series of piano pieces №2

1917 – Symphonic poem “Anoush”

1932 – Suite “Interfederation”

1938 – Ballet “Narine”

1942-1943 – 25 miniatures

1943 – Prologue to “1943”

1945 – Children’s opera “Uncle Kuchi” (staged in 1946, Yerevan Theater of Musical Comedy)

Music for theater performances (H. Paronyan’s “Honorable Beggars”, D. Demirchyan’s “Courageous Nazar”, etc.), film music (“Karo”, “Master and Servant”), romances, arrangements of folk and ashough songs

1936 – Honored Art Worker of the GSSR

1960 – People’s artist of the ASSR