1900 – 1st concert in Ghzlar with the help of a choir made up of local Armenians. The article printed in “Mshak” newspaper stated that the main part of the program of the concert consisted of national-patriotic songs.

1900 – Appointed as a choirmaster by the deacon of st. Gevorg church and with the forces of that group he also gives concerts outside the church.

1902 – graduated from the Nor Nakhichevan diocesan school and entered the Rostov music school. During that time, he continued his work as a choirmaster of the choir at the st. Gevorg church.

1905-1906 – Melikyan failed to enter the Moscow Conservatory. After that, he began to practice privately with distinguished professors M. Ipolitov-Ivanov and B. Jaworsky. Ipolitov-Ivanov, who was the director of the conservatory at that time, promised to admit him to the conservatory without an exam next school year.

1906 – Melikyan returned to Moscow, but M. Ipolitov-Ivanov refused to help him, noting that the situation of the conservatory is very difficult, there are no funds, therefore there are very few free places. Ipolitov-Ivanov advised to contact any armenian charity company and ask for help. Melikyan appealed to the charity society of the Armenian Church. Ipolitov-Ivanov wrote a couplet about his musical abilities and the need to study at the conservatory, but the churchmen rejected it. Melikyan gave up the idea of studying at the conservatory, but Ipolitov-Ivanov, seeing his abilities, began to practice with him for free in his home.

Studied at the People’s Conservatory (prof: Yavorsky). Taneev regularly checked the work of his students. Thus, Melikyan got the opportunity to communicate with the famous Russian composer and directly benefit from his advice.

During those years, eliklan was engaged in composing music. He paid great attention to the development of Armenian folk songs. Among those works are “Rose shoe”, “Araz heshtacel e”, “Spring is gone”, “Manir, manir” and others.

1908 – Romance “Autumn Song” was published, which became the first published work of the composer.

1908 – In Tiflis, on the initiative of A. Manukyan, the “Musical League” organization was created, the purpose of which was to create simple and accessible children’s songs with high artistic value for schools, to regulate music teaching. Melikyan had a meeting with Komitas in Tiflis.

1910 – Melikyan visited Armenia, visited a number of villages and listened to folk singers and linguists.

1911 – The romances “Autumn” and “Rose” were published in Petersburg. After some time, Melikyan’s duet “Willow” (by A. Khnkoyan) and the romance “Separation” (by H. Tumanyan) were published.

1912 – The “Musical League” expanded the boundaries of its activity, changed its form and became “Armenian Music Society of Tiflis”.

1912 – In Petersburg, Melikyan presented himself to Al. Glazunov, introduced him to his works. Glazunov warmly welcomed him and gave him an instruction to enter the conservatory. Later, Glazunov helped Romanos to assume the position of head of the Armenian church, after which his financial situation improved. He also met Al. Spendiaryan.

1914 – “Armenian soldier’s song” was published.

1915 – Melikyan returns to Tiflis, establishes ties with “Armenian Music Society” and actively participates in its activities.

1915 – A concert was organized in which Melikyan’s new works were performed: “Ballad”, “Song of Disconnection”, “Sorrow of Surik”.

1916 – participated in the organization of an author’s concert consisting of Al. Spendaryan’s symphonic works.

1916 – Melikyan was sent to Van to help the suffering armenians in Western Armenia.

From 1919 – Melikyan lived again in Tiflis, where he often continued to write new vocal works.

1920 – For the 1st time, he publicly demonstrated the main songs of the “Emerald” series.

1920 – After the establishment of Soviet regime in Armenia, Melikyan received an invitation to go to Tiflis

1920s – Melikyan’s social activities gained new momentum. Melikyan has been engaged in spreading the art of music to the masses of the people since the very first days of his arrival in Yerevan. For several years, he organized mass concerts in Yerevan, Leninakan, Shirak, Pambak, Zangezur, Lori and other regions of the republic.

1921 – On December 22, the opening ceremony of the newly created Music Studio was held. “Legislative Armenia” newspaper described the event as a “cultural event”.

1922 – Enthusiastic about the work of the studio, Melikyan wrote a letter to D. Soghomonyan and A. Gabrielyan, to invite them to Yerevan to work in the Music Studio. A choir was also opened in the studio under the direction of Melikyan.

1923 – On the basis of the music studio, the 1st Armenian National Conservatory was opened in Yerevan. Melikyan, as the rector of the conservatory, presented the problems of the new institution to People’s Commissariat of Enlightenment.

1924 – Left the leadership of the Conservatory in order to recover his health and engage in writing music.

1925 – Melikyan went to Stepanakert to establish a music technical school. After the news spread, the flood of applications started.

1926-1927 – Meliklan has been widely active in the House of Armenian Art in Tiflis (Hayartun).

1927 – Melikyan left for Yerevan again. The musical life of the city began to rise in those years due to A. Spendiaryan, S. Melikyan, A. Ter-Ghevondyan, A. Adamyan, M. Thanks to Mirzayan and others.

1929-1930 – The collections of mass songs “Pionerakan” (Pioneer) and “Karmirbanakayin” (Red Army) were published for the first time in Armenian under the editorship of Melikyan.

The composer divided and summarized the main part of his songs into 2 series: “Children’s songs” and “New days songs”, on which he continued to work until the last years of his life. Many of the “Children’s Songs” series have become for “adults” and have been included in the golden fund of Armenian musical literature.

1931 – participated in the campaign organized to collect Kurdish musical folklore, his archive contains records that make it surprisingly clear that he was also interested in theoretical issues related to Tajik folk music.

1935 – Romanos Melikyan died on March 30 in Tiflis, he was buried in the Komitas Pantheon.

The music college in Yerevan is named after the composer.