Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan ( hy, Երևանի Կոմիտասի անվան պետական կոնսերվատորիա), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned college of music located in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

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. The institute was founded in 1921 as a music studio. In 1923, it was turned into a higher musical education institution.About Us , Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
/ref> It is named after

Komitas Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, ( hy, Կոմիտաս; 22 October 1935) was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national scho ...

, the founder of the Armenian national school of music.

Student Council

The

Student Council A student council (also known as a student union, associated student body or student parliament) is an administrative organization of students in different educational institutes ranging from elementary schools to universities and research or ...

is self-governed and is formed of students from different study years, who are chosen in the faculty student meetings. The chairman is chosen by the council members. The Student Council is aimed to defend students' interests, help them to solve their social and life problems and organize their free time. The council provides financial aid, nominal scholarships and removes the study fee fully or partially. The chairman of the council is co-opted to the YSC Rectorate. The students also delegate 25% of the Student Council staff to the Big Council of the YSC.

Orchestra

The YSC has a permanent student

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, and

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s orchestras, folklore choir and different chamber ensembles: trios, quartets, a wind sextet, etc. The Opera Studio with its symphony orchestra and choir is situated in one of the YSC buildings. The Studio has at its disposal the Big Hall with theater stage (275 seats), where the studio participants, both teachers and students: producers, conductors, orchestra musicians and choir singers, stage the operas. All the vocal parts in these operas are performed by the students of the Vocal Department. There are also three small concert halls in the Conservatory (80-100 seats in each one). They are used for the academic evenings, solo, class, faculty or jubilee recitals, annual session of the Top Student Society, student formal and informal meetings and "skills".

Rectors

Romanos Melikyan Romanos Melikian ( hy, Ռոմանոս Հովակիմի Մելիքյան; October 1, 1883, Kizlyar – March 30, 1935, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer. He finished the Rostov Musical College, then the classes of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov and B. Ya ...

(1923-1924) *

Arshak Adamian Arshak Adamian (1884–1956) was an Armenian conductor, composer, art critic, pedagogue. Merited Artist of the RA. He was the founding Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra in 1924–1926. Adamian studied pian ...

(1924-1926) *

Anushavan Ter-Ghevondyan Anushavan ( hy, Անուշավան; prior to 1969, Parni, Pokr Parni) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. In 1969, the town was renamed in honor of Dr. Anushavan Galoyan, a World War II hero. The Stat ...

(1926-1930) *

Spiridon Melikyan Spiridon Melikyan (Armenian: Սպիրիդոն Ավետիսի Մելիքյան; 1 December 1880; – 4 April 1933) was an Armenian musicologist, composer, choirmaster, and teacher. His son composer Hrachya Melikyan died in 1942 during the Mogilev o ...

(1930-1931) *Snar Snarian (1931-1932) *Georgiy Hovhannisyan (1932-1933) *Vardan Samvelyan (1933-1936) *

Konstantin Saradzhev Konstantin Saradzhev (also ''Constantin Saradgeff'', born Saradzhian; 8 October 1877 – 22 July 1954) was an Armenian conductor and violinist. He was an advocate of new Russian music, and conducted a number of premieres of works by Pyotr Ilyich ...

(1936-1937) *

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(1937-1940) *

(1947-1954) *

Grigor Yeghiazaryan Grigor Yeghiazaryan ( hy, Գրիգոր Եղիազարյան; 8 December 1908 − 4 November 1988) was a Soviet and Armenian composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1977). He was born on 8 December 1908 in Blur, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire ...

(1954-1960) *

Ghazaros Saryan Ghazaros (Lazarus) Saryan ( hy, Ղազարոս Սարյան, russian: Лазарь Мартиросович Сарьян; 30 September 1920 – 27 May 1998) was an Armenian composer and educator. Life and career Ghazaros Saryan was born into a f ...

(1960-1986) *

Edgar Hovhannisyan Edgar Hovhannisyan, Hovhannisian or Oganesian ( hy, Էդգար Հովհաննիսյան; January 14, 1930, Yerevan – December 28, 1998, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer, Professor of Composition at the Yerevan State Conservatory, People's ...

(1986-1992) *

Tigran Mansurian Tigran Yeghiayi Mansurian ( hy, Տիգրան Եղիայի Մանսուրյան; born 27 January 1939) is a leading Armenian composer of classical music and film scores, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1990), and Honored Art Worker of the Arm ...

(1992-1995) *

Armen Smbatian Armen Bagrati Smbatyan ( hy, Արմեն Բագրատի Սմբատյան) is an Armenian diplomat and is a former Ambassador of Armenia to Russia. Life and career Armen Smbatyan was born in 1954 in Yerevan. From 1974 to 1980 A.Smbatyan studied at ...

(1995-2002) *

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(2002-2011) *

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(2011-2018) *

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(2018-)

Notable alumni

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Robert Amirkhanyan Robert Amirkhanyan ( hy, Ռոբերտ Ամիրխանյան; born November 16, 1939) is an Armenian composer and songwriter. He is a professor at the Yerevan State Conservatory. He wrote over 300 songs, vocal series, operettas. Career In 1969 ...

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