Education
1935 graduated composition class, Moscow Conservatory.
1935 graduated composition class, Moscow Conservatory.
1920-1927 in Red Army. 1936-1938 teacher and Director of Studies, School of Music, Leninakan. 1938-1952 instructor in instrumentation, Yerevan Conservatory, and in composition, School of Music.
1952-1954 lecturer, composition class, Yerevan Conservatory. 1952-1955 Chairman, Armenian Union of Composers.
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Member, Communist Party, since 1950.
Member, Communist Party, since 1950.
