Martin Nersisyan

He was born in Yerevan. He graduated from the violin department of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory in 1946, and from the conducting department of the Leningrad Conservatory in 1959. In 1946–54 he was a soloist of the Armenian Philharmonic. In 1959–65 he was conductor of the Minsk Symphony Orchestra, in 1965–70 artistic director and chief conductor of the Saratov Symphony Orchestra, in 1970–82 conductor and in 1982–86 chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of USSR State Cinematography. In 1974 he organised a national symphony orchestra in Cairo. Nersisyan performed in various cities with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1970 Martin Nersisyan was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. He died in Moscow.