1952 – graduated from the violin department at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) (prof. V. Portugalov)

1960 – graduated from the composition department at the YSCK (prof. E. Mirzoyan)

1942-52 performed as a violinist

1952-59 – Yerevan music school after Sarajev (principal and teacher)

Since 1959 – Lived in Moscow

2 symphonies (1957, 1959 with the reading of M. Sholokhov’s “Man’s Fate”) made a significant contribution to Armenian symphonic music

1983 – Symphonietta

1977 – Concerto for violin and orchestra

1955, 1967 – 2 string quartets

Symphonic poems:

1) 1963 – “In memory of E. Charents”

2) 1966 – “About the revolution and the party” (by V. Mayakovsky)

Symphonic suites:

1970 – “Othello”

1956 – Oriental

1968 – Arabic

1975 – Buryat

Instrumental pieces, romances, songs, music for many films, including:

1961 – “Two Lives”

1966 – “People of Our Town”

1974 – “Honor”

1978 – “The Rock”

1983 – “The Price of Return”

1985 – “The Apple Orchard” and others

1980 – Honored Artist of Armenia