Zareh Sahakyants

Zareh Sahakyants was born in Rostov-on-Don. He studied at the conservatories of Moscow and Yerevan in the classes of famous teachers like Yuri Yankelevich and Karp Dombaev. From 1957 to 1958 he was a violinist at Moscow Chamber Orchestra. He returned to Armenia and from 1960 to 193 was a concertmaster of Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, between 1962 to 1975 was the artistic director of Armenian Chamber Orchestra founded by him. He made arrangements of works by Komitas and Barsegh Kanachyan. He taught at the conservatories of Yerevan (1962-1986) and Cairo (1975-1977). The arrangements of the four parts of the liturgy carried out by the wish of Catholicos Vazgen I are especially valuable. Zareh Sahakyants received the titles Honored Artist (1967) and Honorary Art Worker in 1973.