description Yerevan State Conservatory Overview
Yerevan State Conservatory is Armenia's principal higher-education institution devoted to professional music training. Founded in Yerevan in 1921, it teaches classical performance, composition, conducting, musicology, and subjects connected with Armenian musical traditions. The conservatory serves students preparing for careers as performers, composers, researchers, and music educators, while also preserving and studying the country's musical repertoire.
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When did Yerevan State Conservatory become a full higher music school?
The institution began as a music studio in 1921 and became a full higher music education institution in 1923. Its founding rector was the composer Romanos Melikyan.
Is Yerevan State Conservatory the same school as Komitas State Conservatory?
Yes, the catalog name refers to the institution now officially known as the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. It received the name of the Armenian composer and priest Komitas in 1946.
What can students study there besides piano and violin?
The conservatory teaches academic singing, opera preparation, composition, music theory, music history, conducting, Armenian traditional music, and jazz-pop. Its vocal-theoretical faculty includes dedicated departments for Armenian musical folklore and traditional performance.
How does the conservatory preserve Armenian musical traditions?
It combines Western classical training with departments for Armenian traditional performance and Armenian musical folklore. That mission fits the school's history, which has been tied to Armenian composers and performers since its founding in 1921.
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