YEREVAN — On July 3, a concert-presentation of the book with selected songs by the composer and conductor Konstantin Petrossian was held in Yerevan at the house-museum of Aram Khachaturian. The performers were students of the Romanos Melikyan College of Music, where an auditorium named after Petrossian was inaugurated last year. The concert in a crowded hall, where the composer’s new songs were performed for the first time, was a great success and became a notable phenomenon in the cultural life of Armenia.
Petrossian, a prolific composer, is a member of the Armenian Union of Composers, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), American Music Center, and Armenian Musical Assembly. Since 1995 he has served as the cultural and music director of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church in Providence. He has also been the artistic director and conductor of the Armenian Chorale of Rhode Island since 1995, and the Armenian Chorale of Greater Worcester since 2000. Konstantin Petrossian also is the president and artistic director of the Armenian Music Festival of Rhode Island, Inc., which was organized in 1997.
