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Born in Yerevan. In 1956 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, and in 1960 completed postgraduate studies there in the class of Y. Flier. From 1956 to 1988 he was a soloist of Moskontsert, and from 1988 to 1991 of the Armenian Philharmonic. From 1960 to 1994 he taught at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (professor from 1975). From 1994 he taught at the Moscow P. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. In 1955 he became a laureate of the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw, in 1956 of the F. Liszt International Competition in Budapest, and in 1960 of the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels. From 1957 he toured in many countries: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iran, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Portugal, the USA and elsewhere. In 1976 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Armenia, and in 2004 he was awarded the Movses Khorenatsi Medal of the RA. He died in Moscow.