Scientific council
The Scientific Council of the Komitas Museum-Institute is an advisory body that supports the development and effective implementation of the Museum-Institute’s research and educational activities. The Council reviews and evaluates research, publishing, and educational projects, providing recommendations for their further development and improvement. Its members serve on a voluntary basis and include distinguished specialists in musicology, cultural studies, museology, and related fields, whose expertise contributes to maintaining the high scholarly standards of the Museum-Institute.
Dr. LUSINE SAHAKYAN
Chair of the Scientific Council
Director of Komitas Museum-Institute
Musicolorist, Komitas researcher
Associate Professor at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
MARIAM VARDANYAN
Secretary
Musicologist
Secretary of the Scientific Council of the Komitas Museum-Institute
Dr. Prof. ANNA AREVSHATYAN
Musicologist
Honored Worker of Arts of the RA
Leading Researcher at the Institute of Arts of the NAS RA
Secretary General of the International Music Council of the Armenian National Commission for UNESCO
Founder of the international musicological journal Manrusum
Member of the Association Internationale des Études Byzantines (AIEB)
Scientific Secretary of the Armenian National Committee for Byzantine Studies
Dr. Prof. ANNA ASATRYAN
Musicologist
Director of the Institute of Arts of the NAS RA
Head of the Music Department of the Institute of Arts of the NAS RA
Honored Worker of Arts of the RA
Member of the Presidium of the Academy of Humanism Problems
Full Member of the International Academy of Nature and Society
Member of the Editorial Board of the scholarly collection Akunq
Member of the Union of Composers of Armenia
Member of the Union of Theatre Workers of Armenia
Deputy of the Armenian Church Representative Assembly
GURGEN GASPARYAN
Deputy Director for Research at the Museum of Literature and Arts after Yeghishe Charents
Advisor to the Director of the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) on High Technologies and Publishing Affairs
Head of the Department for the Digitization of Manuscript Collections at the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran)
Researcher at the M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature of the NAS RA
Recipient of the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the RA
Dr. Prof. LILIT YERNJAKYAN
Musicologist
Honored Worker of Arts of the RA
Leading Researcher at the Institute of Arts of the NAS RA
Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Arts of the NAS RA and of the Specialized Council 016 for Academic Degrees in Arts Studies
Member of the Union of Composers of Armenia
Dr. ARAYIK KHZMALYAN
Director of the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran)
SYUZANNA KHOJAMIRYAN
Director for Research at the Museum of Literature and Arts after Yeghishe Charents
Member of the Museums Association and the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
DAVIT GHAZARYAN
Choir director, pedagogue
Honored Worker of Culture of the RA
Member of the State Awards Committee of the Republic of Armenia
Member of the Presidium of the Children’s Foundation
Recipient of the “Argishti I,” “Saint Sahak and Saint Mesrop,” and 2nd and 1st Class Orders “For Services to the Homeland”
Dr. YERANUHI MARGARYAN
Deputy Head of the Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the RA
TIGRAN MANSURIAN
Composer, People’s Artist of the ASSR
Honored Worker of Culture of the RA
People’s Artist of the RA
Recipient of the “Saint Sahak and Saint Mesrop” Order of the Armenian Church
Recipient of the State Prize of the RA
Recipient of the Order of Honor of the RA
Dr. TSOVINAR MOVSISYAN
Musicologist, Associate Professor
Acting Rector of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
ARAM SATYAN
Composer
Chair of the Union of Composers of Armenia
Honored Worker of Culture of the RA
Recipient of the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia
Recipient of the “Movses Khorenatsi” Medal
Recipient of the 1st Class Order “For Services to the Homeland”
ANNA SMBATYAN
Social Pedagogue
Deputy Director of Komitas Museum-Institute
ANUSH ARZUMANYAN
Museologist, archivist
Head of the Archive Collections at the Komitas Museum-Institute
