Yerevan

Edvard Mirzoyan was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1941 he graduated from the Department of Composition of Yerevan Conservatory, in the class of Vardges Talyan. From 1946 to 1948, he improved his mastery of composition in the Music Studio of the Armenian House of Culture in Moscow under the tuition of G. Litinsky, N. Paiko and N. Rakov. In 1948 he started teaching at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, becoming a professor in 1965 and the Head of the Creative Department in 1972. Between 1956 and 1991, he was the Chairman of the Composers Union of Armenia (Honorary Chairman from 1994). Mirzoyan was the President of the Peace Foundation of Armenia from 1977 (Honorary President since 2009). In 1988 he was awarded with Aram Khachaturian Prize by the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. Mirzoyan was awarded the title of People's Artist of Armenia in 1963 and of the USSR in 1981. In 2001 he received the title of Honorary Citizen of Yerevan. Mirzoyan died in Yerevan.