Symphony N7

Avet Terteryan was born in Baku and studied at Baku musical college from 1948 to 1951. In 1951 he moved to Yerevan where he studied at R. Melikian musical college. Terteryan finished Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory the Department of Composition in 1957. He taught at the conservatory from 1970 (Professor since 1985). In 1977 he was awarded with State Prize, in 1972 Honored Artist of Armenia, in 1993 he received Khachaturian award, Movses Khorenatsi Medal of RA in 1998. Avet Terteryan died in Yekaterinburg, buried in Yerevan.