Avet Gabrielyan Music School in Yerevan is named in his honor.
Avet Ter-Gabrielyan was born on April 19, 1899, in Nor Nakhichevan (now Proletarsky District, Rostov-on-Don).
He studied violin under Nicholas Averino (father of soprano Olga Averino) in Rostov-on-Don before continuing his studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Lev Tseitlin.
In November 1924, Ter-Gabrielyan co-founded Komitas Quartet.
The ensemble performed with such musicians as Konstantin Igumnov and Heinrich Neuhaus.