Raffi Armenian, CM (born June 4, 1942) is a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher.
Armenian was born in Cairo and had his first music lessons there, moving in 1959 to Vienna to study piano with Bruno Seidlhofer.
After graduating, he put his musical studies aside and attended the University of London from 1962 to 1965, where he majored in metallurgy.
Armenian emigrated to Canada in 1969 to become the assistant conductor of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Armenian taught conducting at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, where he directed its symphony orchestra for 30 years.