Khachatur Martirosyan

Khachatur Martirosyan was born in Hamadan, city in Iran. He took his primary education at Armenian school named after Raffi. His father Vardan Martirosyan was his first teacher who also taught him to play the violin at the age of 5. In 1956 their family returned to Armenia. Khachatur studied at Yerevan State Conservatory in the department of violin and composition between 1969 to 1975. Since 1978 he is a member of Composers Union of Armenia. During 1969 to 1974 Martirosyan worked as a violinist at Ohan Duryan’s Symphony Orchestra of Radio and TV. Since 1974 to 2014 he worked at Komitas State Conservatory in the Department of Folk Studies (Professor since 2000). He recorded more than 4000 folk songs and instrumental works in different regions of Armenia. He is also the author of collections of Armenian folk songs. In 1970 Khachatur Martirosyan received medal for “Military prowess”, in 2010 received gold medal of Ministry of Culture of Armenia, in 2013 awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of Armenia.