He was born in Alexandrapol (now Gyumri). He was the son of the composer Armen Tigranyan. In 1932 he graduated from the composition department of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (class of Haro Stepanyan), and in 1941 from the Leningrad Conservatory. He wrote an opera, operettas, piano pieces, a duo for clarinet and piano, vocal works and theatre music, and arranged ashugh songs. In 1961 he was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of Armenia. He died in Yerevan.
