Loris Chobanian

Loris Ohannes Chobanian (April 17, 1933 – May 14, 2023) was an American-Armenian composer of classical music, conductor, and guitar and lute teacher and performer.

Born on April 17, 1933, in Mosul, Iraq, Chobanian was introduced to classical music at an early age.

His father Ohannes Chobanian, an oil engineer and an amateur musician, was a performer on the piano, the flute and the violin.

[1] In 1951, he graduated from Baghdad College, a High School administered by American Jesuits from Boston, Mass.

For ten years, he joined the Komitas Choir in Baghdad that specialized in singing Armenian folk music.