Russian Birch And Armenian Poplar

Geghuni Chitchian was born in Leninakan (present day Gyumri). She finished Yerevan Tchaikovsky Music School the Departments of Piano and Composition in 1950. Geghuni studied at Yerevan State Conservatory class of Grigor Yeghiazaryan the Department of Composition in 1953. From 1953 she was the founder and director of Creative music class at Yerevan Music School after K. Sarajev. Since 1971 Geghuni teaches at Yerevan State Conservatory (Professor since 1990). From 1986 she was a Member of the Audit Commission of the USSR Union of Composers, First Secretary of the Communist Youth Union of Armenia from 1981-1989, one of the founders and member of the Presidium of the Republican Council of Women of Armenia from 1989, also member of Arts Council of Public Radio of Armenia. She was awarded with a number of awards and prizes. Geghuni was awarded with Laureate of the 1st Prize of the Moscow All-Union Competition in 1970, Honored Artist of Republic of Armenia, Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots in 2009, Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, People’s Artist of Armenia in 2011.