Harutyun Topikyan

He was born in Yerevan. In 1967–69 he studied in the choral conducting department of the Romanos Melikyan Music College, in the class of V. Ketenjyan. In 1969–74 he studied in the choral conducting department of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, in the class of L. Chunguryan. In 1974 he worked at the Sarajev Music School. In 1979–84 he was the founding conductor of the "Chamber Choir of Armenian Song" of Armenian Radio and Television. In 1983–91 he led the "Komitas" choir of Yerevan State University. In 1996 he founded the Yerevan Chamber Choir, which he leads. In 1982 he received the State Prize of the Lenin Komsomol of Armenia, and in 2013 the title of Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Armenia. He is the artistic director of the "Sebastatsiner" choir and of the Yerevan State Chamber Choir.