Education 1997-2001 – NAS RA Institute of Arts, postgraduate study 1987-1992 – Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas 1983-1987 – Yerevan Musical College named after R.Melikyan 1975-1983 – Yerevan Secondary School named after N.K.Krupskaya Work experience 2022 - present – Director of NAS RA Institute of Arts 2021-2022 – Acting Director of NAS RA Institute of Arts 2019 - present – editor-in-chef of the «Journal of Art Studies» 2016 - present – Head of the Music Department of NAS RA Institute of Arts 2009-2016 – Head of the Department of the Art of Armenian Diaspora and International Relations of NAS RA Institute of Arts 2005-2021 – Deputy Director of NAS RA Institute of Arts 2003-2005 – Scientific secretary of NAS RA Institute of Arts 2002-2003 – Researcher at the Department of Music of NAS RA Institute of Arts 1991-2002 – Teacher at the Yerevan Musical College named after R.Melikyan 2013 – Honored Art Worker of the RA 2012 – Professor 2008 – Doctor of Sciences (Arts) 2001 – Doctor of Arts