The Children And The Animals (1-The Calf And The Horse)

Robert Petrosyan was born in Yerevan. He studied at Yerevan Music College after A. Spendiaryan and from 1953 to 1957 at Music College of R.Melikian the Department of Composing. He finished Komitas Conservatory of Yerevan, class of Grigor Yeghiazaryan in 1962. From 1955 Robert Petrosyan worked as a trumpeter at G. Sundukyan State Academic Theatre and between 1960 to 1979 was its musical director and conductor. From 1963 to 1981 Petrosyan taught in different music colleges. He founded and directed folk and variety orchestras in 1960. Between 1979 to 1986 he was the artistic director of Children’s Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble “Arevik”. Petrosyan was the conductor of Folk Instruments Orchestra named after A. Merangulyan from 1986 to 1995. He became the member of Composer’s Union of Armenia in 1972. Robert Poghosyan has a number of symphonic, folk, variety, vocal, instrumental and wind compositions. He died in Yerevan.