Ruben Sargsyan

Ruben Sargsyan, also seen as Sarkisyan (Armenian: Ռուբեն Սարգսյան; November 22, 1945 – April 6, 2013[1]), was an Armenian composer, laureate of the State Award of Armenia, professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.

He first began to study at the Sayat-Nova Music School, then continued his education at the Romanos Melikian Music College.

At the second year of college education he has been recommended and transferred to the music composition class of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, where he studied with professor Ghazaros Saryan.

He graduated from the Conservatory in 1972 and became a member of the Composers' Union.

In 1994 Ruben Sargsyan, along with other modern Armenian composers and musicologists, established the Armenian Musical Assembly, non-governmental, non-for-profit organization, intended to promote and support modern Armenian Music worldwide.