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 oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

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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 sch ...

, the founder of the Armenian national school of music.

Student Council

The Student Council 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 symphony orchestra, chamber, 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 (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 (1926-1930) * Spiridon Melikyan (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) * Samson Gasparyan (1937-1940) *

(1947-1954) * Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1954-1960) * Ghazaros Saryan (1960-1986) * Edgar Hovhannisyan (1986-1992) * Tigran Mansurian (1992-1995) * Armen Smbatian (1995-2002) * Sergey Sarajyan (2002-2011) * Shahen Shahinyan (2011-2018) * Sona Hovhannisyan (2018-)

Notable alumni

* Vartan Adjemian * Tatul Altunyan * Robert Amirkhanyan * Vahan Artsruni *

Alexander Arutiunian Alexander Grigori Arutiunian ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան), also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan, Harutyunian or Harutiunian (23 September 1920 – 28 March 2012), was a Soviet and Armenian compos ...

* Anzhela Atabekyan * Khachatur Avetisyan * Mikael Avetisyan * Arno Babajanian * Vahram Babayan * Ani Batikian * Tsolak Bekaryan * Raffi Besalyan * Levon Chaushian * Geghuni Chitchian * Gevorg Dabaghyan * Arsen Grigoryan (Mro) * Tigran Hekekyan *

Gagik Hovunts Gagik Hovunts (1 March 1930 – 1 September 2019) was an Armenian composer, born in Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inha ...

* David Khanjyan * Tigran Mansurian * Armen Martirosyan * Tigran Maytesian *

Edvard Mirzoyan Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoyan ( hy, Էդվարդ Միքայելի Միրզոյան; May 12, 1921 – October 5, 2012) was an Armenian composer. Edvard Mirzoyan was born in Gori, Georgia. He called himself an atheist, but added, "There is only one pla ...

* Armen Movsessian * Iveta Mukuchyan *

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* Hasmik Papian * Konstantin Petrossian * Tovmas Poghosyan * Heghine Rapyan * Stepan Rostomyan * Vardan Sardaryan * Gevorg Sargsyan * Ghazaros Saryan * Aram Satian * Regina Gurgenyan *

David Satian David Satian (also Satyan) ( hy, Դավիթ Սաթյան; born August 17, 1979, in Yerevan) is Armenian contemporary composer, jazz pianist, media producer and entrepreneur. Biography He was born on 17 August 1979 in Yerevan capital of Armenia, in ...

* Vache Sharafyan * Gerard Jirayr Svazlian * Eduard Topchjan * Ara Torosyan * Anahit Tsitsikian * Julietta Vardanyan * William Weiner * Varduhi Yeritsyan * Samvel Yervinyan * Lusine Zakaryan * Mary Movsisyan * Tigran Mkrtchyan
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