Eduard Pashinyan

Eduard Pashinyan was born in Tiflis, he participated in World War II and was awarded with numerous military medals. In 1951 he finished Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, in 1954 – Yerevan State Medical University. Eduard Pashinyan was a lecturer at R. Melikian music school from 1951-1961, from 1961 – lecturer at Komitas State Conservatory (from 1971 Associate Professor, later - Professor of music theory department). He was a member of Composers’ Union, Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR. Eduard Pashinyan is the author of unique super-mode system in music, harmony and polyphony textbooks. Died in Yerevan.