Aram Katanyan

Born in Yerevan. In 1951 he graduated from the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, in the class of Konstantin Saradjev. From the same year he was conductor of the Sverdlovsk Radio Symphony Orchestra, from 1958 conductor of the A. Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theatre in Yerevan, and in 1964-70 and 1974-82 its principal conductor. In 1970-73 he led the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and was its principal conductor. In 1976 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Armenian SSR. He died in Yerevan.