Konstantin Petrossian

Konstantin Petrossian (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Պետրոսյան; Russian: Константин Петросян; born 12 August 1946 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a composer, pianist and conductor.

Petrossian graduated from the Romanos Melikian Music College and Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan. Petrossian taught harmony, theory, and chorale arrangement at R. Melikian Music College. For many years he was also conductor of the Armenian TV/Radio Orchestra, and Director of the Armenian Music Center.

Petrossian is a renowned Armenian composer of symphonic, choral, chamber, instrumental, and vocal music, sound tracks, and theater music. His works are performed, recorded and have been published worldwide. K. Petrossian is a member of the Armenian Union of Composers, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), American Music Center, and Armenian Musical Assembly. He is a Co-Chair of the foreign relations department of the Composers Union of Armenia. He served on the Sacred Music Council of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern). Konstantin Petrossian graduated with a master’s degree in composition and musicology from the Komitas State Conservatory. For many years he has given lectures on harmony, music theory, and choral arrangement at the R. Melikian Music College in Yerevan. He was the artistic director and conductor of the Armenian TV and Radio Orchestra. K.Petrossian became director of the Music Center Department for the Union Composers of Armenia, and, also the vice president of the Armenian Peace Fund. Since 1995 he serves as the cultural and music director of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church in Providence, where he founded the unique Arts Education Program for children and adults in the Rhode Island community. During the past 25 years he has organized around 270 cultural and education events. He organized the Church Junior Choir in 1995 and in April 2006 presented a special Concert of Armenian Sacred Music at the United Nations in New York City. 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. In the same year Konstantin Petrossian for the first time presented the "Anoush" Opera in concert with Rhode Island Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Konstantin Petrossian was named “The Armenian of the Year” in the State of Rhode Island. He received many awards, including honorary diplomas from the governor and the senate of the State of Rhode Island and the mayor of Worcester, MA. Petrossian has given numerous performances in many countries, including the former Soviet Union, England, France, Spain, Greece, Finland, Canada, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Germany. Additionally, he has presented his own music in various cities of the United States and has performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall in New York in 1990 and 1997. In 1991, he was Music Director of the first Armenian concert at the United Nations, NY, dedicated to the independence of the Republic of Armenia. He has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Erevan Choral Society of Boston since 2009. In 2013, Maestro Konstantin Petrossian was awarded the “Movses Khorenatsi Medal” by President of Armenia. The medal is the country’s highest cultural award. In June 2014, he received the prestigious Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Medal, one of the highest honors of the Armenian Apostolic Church, accompanied by an encyclical from His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, in recognition of distinguished achievement in service to the Church and Armenian culture.

Petrossian is a member of the following organizations:

• Union Composers of Armenia
• ASCAP
• Armenian Musical Assembly

Petrossian serves as Cultural and Music Director of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and has also been the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Armenian Chorale of Rhode Island,[1] and Armenian Chorale of greater Worcester, Massachusetts. He also serves as the President and Artistic Director of the Armenian Music Festival of Rhode Island, Inc.