- Source: Tchaikovsky Music School, Yerevan
The Tchaikovsky Secondary Music School (Armenian: Երևանի Չայկովսկու անվան երաժշտական դպրոց), is a secondary school in Yerevan, Armenia which opened in 1939. The school is a specialized secondary school where a total of 600 students are enrolled in a 12-year education, while at the same time receiving 2 certificates of general and vocational education. Over 70 percent of the school's alumni attend the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.
History and organization
The school was founded on April 19, 1939, and two years later it was named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Until 1975, 665 graduates have been awarded. In 1982, A sculpture of Tchaikovsky (made by architects Yervand Goghabashyan, and Jim Torosyan) was erected on the front of the school building. Since Armenian independence, the school has been renovated under the auspices of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
It is up of piano, violin, cello, viola, contrabass, harp, brass and musical education departments. Besides the school's main curriculum, the school has a children's choir, an orchestra, and a band (which is made up of smaller symphonic, jazz, and brass bands).
Layout of the building
The central building has been completely upgraded and replenished with stalls, the gym has been reconstructed, the concert hall has a playground, comfortable conditions have been created for musicians and spectators. Special rooms were built for the school's symphonic, jazz, and brass band, the violin ensemble, and the choir.
Notable alumni
Anahit Nersesyan
Ara Torosyan
Araksi Sarian-Harutunian
Geghuni Chitchian
Jean Ter-Merguerian
Medea Abrahamyan
Ruben Aharonyan
Vahagn Hayrapetyan
Sofya Melikyan
Tigran Hamasyan
Armen Poghosyan
See also
Education in Armenia
Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex
List of Armenian schools
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tchaikovsky Music School, Yerevan
- Anahit Nersesyan
- Medea Abrahamyan
- Armen Movsessian
- Jean Ter-Merguerian
- Aram Khachaturian
- Siranush Gasparyan
- Armen Poghosyan (military musician)
- Tigran Hamasyan
- List of university and college schools of music
