Mirzoyan, Edvard Mikhailovich
(*1921)
Mirzoyan [Murzayán], Edvard Mikhailovich (5–12–1921, Gori). Son of comp. Mikhail I. Mirzoyan (1888–1951). Grad. 1941 from the Yerevan Cons., where he studied comp. with Tal'yan. Continued his training with Litinsky and Peiko at the House of Armenian Culture in M. (1946–48), then joined the faculty of the Yerevan Cons. (1948). His pupils incl. Amirkhanyan, Kh. Avetisyan, Dzherbashyan, Orbelyan, Ter-Tatevosyan, and Terteryan. Is one of the finest Armenian comp. of the middle generation. His music…