Komitas Quartet

The founding members were four Armenian students at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory:[1] 1st violin: Avet Gabrielyan 2nd violin: Levon Ogandjanyan Viola: Mikael Terian (Микаэл Тэриан) Cello: Sergey Aslamazian This group gave its first public performance in February 1925.

[2][3] The quartet has performed with Sviatoslav Richter, Nina Dorliak, Emil Gilels, Dmitri Shostakovich, Mstislav Rostropovich, Victor Merzhanov, Konstantin Igumnov, Walter Zeufert, Mario Brunello, Anahit Nersesyan and other prominent musicians.

In 2007 "Armenian Contemporary Composers" studio album was released on the VEM label.

In 2002, the CD was released "On the Fortieth Day" on Traditional Crossroads label in New York, with "Two Devotions" by the composer Vache Sharafyan.

The next edition of the "Armenian Folk Miniatures" album was released in November 2010 by subvention of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.

The Komitas Quartet at the celebration of the 90th anniversary in the Ministry of Health of the Philharmonic of St. Petersburg