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 ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...

. 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 sc ...

, 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

symphony orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ...

, chamber, and

folk instrument A folk instrument is a musical instrument that developed among common people and usually does not have a known inventor. It can be made from wood, metal or other material. Such an instrument is played in performances of folk music. Overview The ...

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 (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 (1936-1937) * Samson Gasparyan (1937-1940) * Konstantin Saradzhev (1947-1954) * Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1954-1960) * Ghazaros Saryan (1960-1986) * Edgar Hovhannisyan (1986-1992) *

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

(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 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 196 ...

* 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 Khachatur Avetisyan (14 April 1926–1996) (Armenian: Խաչատուր Ավետիսյան, ''Xačatur Avetisyan''; alternate transliterations include Avetisian or Avetissian) was an influential Armenian composer, conductor and kanun player. E ...

* Mikael Avetisyan *

Arno Babajanian Arno Harutyunovich Babajanian ( hy, Առնո Բաբաջանյան; russian: Арно Арутюнович Бабаджанян; January 22, 1921 – November 11, 1983) was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist. He was made a People's Artist ...

* Vahram Babayan * Ani Batikian * Tsolak Bekaryan * Raffi Besalyan * Levon Chaushian * Geghuni Chitchian *

Gevorg Dabaghyan Gevorg Gourgeni Dabaghyan ( hy, Գևորգ Դաբաղյան; b.1965) is an Armenian duduk player of liturgical and folk music, born in Yerevan. In 1991 he founded the Shoghaken Folk Ensemble, a group of Armenian folk musicians and singers who specia ...

Arsen Grigoryan (Mro) Arsen Grigoryan (Armenian: Արսեն Գրիգորյան; born 7 December 1968), is a Syrian-born Armenian traditional songs performer. He was born in 1968 in the city of Qamishli at the northeast of Syria. Grigoryan moved to Yerevan in 1987 to ...

Tigran Hekekyan Tigran Hekekyan ( hy, Տիգրան Հեքեքյան, , born 17 August 1959) is an Armenian conductor and music professor. He is the founder, artistic director, and principal conductor of the Little Singers of Armenia choir, as well as the founder ...

* Gagik Hovunts * David Khanjyan *

* 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 plan ...

* Armen Movsessian *

Iveta Mukuchyan Iveta Mukuchyan ( hy, Իվետա Մուկուչյան, ; born 14 October 1986) is an Armenian singer. Born in Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, she moved to Hamburg, Germany, in 1992. Mukuchyan returned to Armenia in 2009 and placed ...

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

Vache Sharafyan Vache Sharafyan ( hy, Վաչե Շարաֆյան), (born February 11, 1966 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian composer of symphonic works, chamber music, choral music and opera. His works include 2 acts opera ''King Abgar'', ballet ''Second Moon ...

* Gerard Jirayr Svazlian * Eduard Topchjan * Ara Torosyan * Anahit Tsitsikian * Julietta Vardanyan * William Weiner * Varduhi Yeritsyan *

Samvel Yervinyan Samvel Yervinyan ( hy, Սամվել Երվինյան, born January 25, 1966) is an Armenian violinist and composer. Biography Yervinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. He began studying at the age of 7 in Spenderian Music School under the tuto ...

Lusine Zakaryan Lusine Zakaryan ( hy, Լուսինե Զաքարյան), born Svetlana Zakaryan ( hy, Սվետլանա Զաքարյան; June 1, 1937 – December 30, 1992), was an Armenian soprano. Zakaryan was born in Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR, and grew up in ...

* Mary Movsisyan *

Tigran Mkrtchyan Tigran Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Մկրտչյան; born 29 May 1978 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian diplomat, historian and political scientist. , he serves as the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Hellenic Republic, ...

Vahagn Papayan

Anahit Papayan

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