Yerevan State Musical Conservatory
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Yerevan State Musical Conservatory (YSC) or Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, is a conservatory located in Yerevan
, Armenia
. It was founded in 1921 as a music studio, and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.
n and Europe
an conservatories. Violinist Hovhanness Nalbandyan, (St. Petersburg Conservatory and Berlin Musikhochschule), singer M.Akimova (Leipzig Conservatory), musicologist M.Aghayan (St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories), singer A.Shahmuradyan (Conservatoire de Paris), etc.
Moscow Conservatory
graduate Romanos Melikyan was the founder and leader of the first Armenian Conservatory. In 2002, pianist Prof. Sergey Saradjyan was appointed to the post of YSC rector
.
The Conservatory is located near the Armenian Opera Theater
. It is a four-floor building with 450 different premises. These are lecture-and classrooms, including 2 special organ studios and 12 piano classes with two grand pianos, library and reading-hall, sound recording studio and medical office, student council and musical instruments workshop, music store, buffet, etc.
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.
and folk instrument
s orchestras, folklore choir and different chamber ensembles - trio, quartets, 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".
Yerevan
Yerevan 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 industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
. It was founded in 1921 as a music studio, and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.
History
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Armenian professional performing culture was shaped. It was represented by the graduates of RussiaRussia
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n and Europe
Europe
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an conservatories. Violinist Hovhanness Nalbandyan, (St. Petersburg Conservatory and Berlin Musikhochschule), singer M.Akimova (Leipzig Conservatory), musicologist M.Aghayan (St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories), singer A.Shahmuradyan (Conservatoire de Paris), etc.
Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
graduate Romanos Melikyan was the founder and leader of the first Armenian Conservatory. In 2002, pianist Prof. Sergey Saradjyan was appointed to the post of YSC rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
.
The Conservatory is located near the Armenian Opera Theater
Armenian Opera Theater
The Alexander Spendiarian Armenian Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre in Yerevan was officially opened on 20 January 1933. The building was designed by the Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian...
. It is a four-floor building with 450 different premises. These are lecture-and classrooms, including 2 special organ studios and 12 piano classes with two grand pianos, library and reading-hall, sound recording studio and medical office, student council and musical instruments workshop, music store, buffet, etc.
Student Council
The Student CouncilStudent council
Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
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, chamberChamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
and folk instrument
Folk instrument
A folk instrument is an instrument that developed among common people and usually doesn't have a known inventor. It can be made from wood, metal or other material. It is a part of folk music...
s orchestras, folklore choir and different chamber ensembles - trio, quartets, 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".
Notable graduates
- Vartan AdjemianVartan AdjemianVardan Adjemian is an Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works whose works have been performed worldwide.-Career:...
- Robert AmirkhanyanRobert AmirkhanyanRobert Amirkhanyan is an Armenian composer and songwriter. Professor of Yerevan State Conservatory.In 1969 he graduated from the Composer department of Yerevan State Conservatory. From 1969 to 1972 Amirkhanyan was the musical editor of Armenian Radio...
- Khachatur Avetisyan
- Arno BabajanianArno BabajanianArno Harutyuni Babajanian was a Soviet Armenian composer and pianist, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR and Soviet Union . He was a laureate of two Stalin State Prizes of the USSR and two Armenian SSR State Prizes ....
- Tigran MansurianTigran MansurianTigran Mansurian is an Armenian composer of classical music and film scores. He was born in Beirut and educated in Yerevan, Armenia, where his family had moved in 1947...
- Armen MovsessianArmen MovsessianArmen Movsessian is a violin player. His formal training as a musician began as a child. He received his high school diploma from the Tchaikovsky's School of Music for the musically gifted, and earned his B.A. and Master’s from the Yerevan Conservatory named after Komitas...
- Gevorg SargsyanGevorg SargsyanGevorg Sargsyan is an Armenian conductor.Winner of Sir Georg Solti Foundation grant-award for 2006, Gevorg Sargsyan is one of the youngest and most renowned Armenian conductors....
- Aram SatianAram SatianAram Satian is an Armenian classical composer and popular music songwriter.-Biography:...
- David SatianDavid SatianDavid Satian is Armenian born contemporary composer, producer and jazz pianist.-Background:...
- Vache SharafyanVache SharafyanVache Sharafyan , is one of the most important living composers from Armenia. Author of a number of symphonic, chamber, vocal, choral compositions that were performed widely by many nowadays leading musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, Yuri Bashmet, among others...
- Eduard TopchjanEduard TopchjanEduard Topchjan is the principal conductor and artistic director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.Topchjan studied violin at the Yerevan Komitas Conservatory and went on to study conducting with Armenian conductor Ohan Durian followed by consultations from Sir George Solti, Claudio Abbado and...
- Anahit TsitsikianAnahit TsitsikianAnahit Tsitsikian was the first renowned Armenian woman-violinist who during the Soviet times toured around the world in more than 100 cities; a professor who taught at the State Conservatory in Yerevan for approximately 40 years; a journalist who wrote more than 300 articles, scenarios for...
- Samvel YervinyanSamvel YervinyanSamvel Yervinyan is an Armenian violinist and composer.Yervinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. He began studying at the age of 7 in Spenderian Music School under the tutoring of Armen Minasian. In the competitions he participated, he won all the first place prizes in his age group...
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See also
- American University of ArmeniaAmerican University of ArmeniaThe American University of Armenia is a private, nonsectarian, independent university founded in 1991 in Yerevan, Armenia. Its creation inspired in the aftermath of the 1988 Leninakan Earthquake, the university is the first Armenian institution modeled on Western-style higher education, committed...
- Armenian State Pedagogical University
- Eurasia International UniversityEurasia International Universityname = Eurasia International Universityestablished = 1996type = Privatepresident = Suren Ohanyancity = Yerevancountry = Armeniafaculty = 80students = 550website = www.eiu.am...
- Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
- State Engineering University of ArmeniaState Engineering University of ArmeniaThe State Engineering University of Armenia is a technical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Established as the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1933, it provides educational and research programs in various fields of technology and science related to engineering...
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- Yerevan State Linguistic UniversityYerevan State Linguistic UniversityYerevan State Linguistic University after Valery Brusov is a university in Yerevan, Armenia, which trains specialists in Russian, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish languages, practical psychology, history, political science, area studies and other humanities.-History: Yerevan State...
- Yerevan State Medical UniversityYerevan State Medical UniversityYerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi is a leading medical school in Yerevan, Armenia. YSMU was founded in 1920. The highest administrative organ is the University Council, which convenes at least twice a year. The Council makes decisions about the main activities of the University...