The Flower

Born in Yerevan. In 1976 Stepan Babatorosyan graduated from the Arno Babajanyan Yerevan State Music Pedagogical College, in 1981 from the composition department of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (class of Grigor Yeghiazaryan), and in 1985 from the postgraduate programme of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. Since 1982 he has been a member of the Composers' Union of Armenia. In 1983-2006 he was a composition teacher at the S. Aslamazyan Music School, and in 1987-1989 he taught at the Kh. Abovyan Pedagogical Institute. In 1996-1999 he worked at the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia as music editor of the "Zinuzh" ("Armed Forces") programme and the "Aspar" ("Shield") radio programme. In 1998-2006 he taught at the composition department of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. Since 1991 he has taught theoretical subjects at the Yerevan State College of Pop and Jazz Art. He is a member of the "Preservation of Cultural Values" commission of the Public Council under the President of the Republic of Armenia and of the Yerkrapah Volunteers' Union of Armenia, and is chairman of the board of the Composers' Union of Armenia (CUA) and of that union's "Choral and Children's and Youth Music" commission. In 2006 he received the academic title of associate professor (dotsent). He is the author of symphonic, chamber, choral, vocal and music-theatre works, as well as academic articles published in the journal "Yerazhshtakan Hayastan" ("Musical Armenia").