Researchers

He graduated from the Musicology (1971) and Opera-Symphonic Conducting (1974) departments of the Yerevan State Conservatory. In 1985 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory with distinction (supervisor: G. Rozhdestvensky).

He led the Leninakan State Chamber Orchestra (1977–79) and served as assistant conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia.

He founded and directed the "Sharakan" (formerly "Gandzer") ensemble of ancient music. He has toured in Europe and participated in prestigious international festivals.

He is the author of the four-volume series Armenia in Songs, numerous scholarly articles, and polyphonic arrangements. His arrangements have been performed by distinguished musicians (L. Zakaryan, V. Stamboltsyan, and others).

Articles

• "On the Characteristics of Komitas's Polyphony" // Yearbook of the Komitas Museum-Institute, Volume III, ed. T. Shakhkulyan, Komitas Museum-Institute Publishing House, Yerevan, 2018, pp. 81–90 (312 pp.). 
• "The Use of Expressive Means in Komitas's Song 'Antuni'" // Yearbook of the Komitas Museum-Institute, Volume VI, ed. T. Shakhkulyan, Komitas Museum-Institute Publishing House, Yerevan, 2021, pp. 28–41.
• "Komitas's Artistic Thinking in the Light of Albert Schweitzer's Theory of Art" // Yearbook of the Komitas Museum-Institute, Volume VII, Komitas Museum-Institute Publishing House, Yerevan, 2022, pp. 59–79.
• "The Content and Ideological Orientation of Komitas Vardapet's Library / The Personal Library of Komitas Vardapet" // Yearbook of the Komitas Museum-Institute, Volume VII, ed. T. Shakhkulyan, Komitas Museum-Institute Publishing House, Yerevan, 2022, pp. 59–79.
• "The Hymn Norahrash Psakavor (Wondrous Crownbearer) by St. Nerses Shnorhali in the Choral Works of Komitas and Makar Yekmalyan" // Yearbook of the Komitas Museum-Institute, Volume IX, ed. T. Shakhkulyan, Komitas Museum-Institute Publishing House, Yerevan, 2024, pp. 74–80.
• "Performance Indications in Komitas's Choral Works" // Journal of Art Studies, ed. A. Asatryan, "Gitutyun" Publishing House of the NAS RA, 2020, No. 2 (4), pp. 15–22. 
• "Gregor Narekatsi and Sebastian Bach" // Musical Armenia, No. 3–4 (10–11), ed. G. Shagoyan, YSC Publishing House, 2003, pp. 58–60.
• "Komitas — 'Hayr Mer' (Our Father) 1915" // Musical Armenia, ed. G. Shagoyan, YSC Publishing House, 2005, No. 2 (17), pp. 5–6.

• "On the Choral Works of M. Yekmalyan and Komitas Written on the Basis of the Psalm 'By the Rivers of Babylon'" // Musical Armenia, No. 1 (48), 2015, pp. 21–26.