Armen Poghosyan (military musician)

Colonel
Armen Poghosyan
Native name Արմեն Պողոսյան
Birth name Armen Karleni Poghosyan
Born 1961 (aged 57)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance  Soviet Union
 Armenia
Service/branch Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service 1990-Present
Rank Colonel
Commands held Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia
Awards Honored Artist of Armenia

Colonel Armen Karleni Poghosyan[note 1] (Armenian:Արմեն Պողոսյան) is a Soviet and Armenian military conductor. Since February 16, 2009, he has been the Senior Military Director of the Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia. He is also a teacher at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.[1]

Early life and career

A monument at the Tchaikovsky Secondary Music School in Yerevan, where Poghosyan was a student from 1972 to 1980.

Poghosyan was born in Yerevan in 1961. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Secondary Music School in Yerevan for 8 years. In 1984, he graduated from the Musical College after Romanos Melikyan. After graduating college, he worked as an orchestra artist at the Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. From 1985 to 1990, Poghosyan completed his studies at the Department of Military Conductors of the Moscow Conservatory where he received a his certification as a military conductor. In 1990, he joined the Soviet Armed Forces becoming an officials conductor for the bands of the Transcaucasian Military District. In 1992, he resigned from his position in the Soviet Armed Forces, and was invited to lead the newly formed Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia. He served in various administrative positions in the band until February 16, 2009, when he became the Commander and the Senior Military Director of the band.[2][3][4]

Reputation

External video
Poghosyan's interview with Armenian Public Broadcasting

He is commonly known for leading the band of the general staff during the parades on Republic Square in honor of the 5th, 8th, 15th, 20th,[5] and 25th anniversaries of the Independence of Armenia, as well as the 100th anniversary of the founding of the First Armenian Republic.

He also lead the band during Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo in Moscow in 2017.[6]

In 2013, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko thanked Poghosyan during his state visit to Yerevan for playing the Belarusian Anthem saying

“I have never heard our anthem played so well"
[7]

Awards

Titles

Medals

  • Medal "For the Service to the Motherland" (1st and 2nd degree)
  • Drastamat Kanayan Medal
  • Marshal Baghramyan Medal
  • Medal for Impeccable Service (1st, 2nd, and 4th degrees)
  • Andranik Ozanyan Medal
  • Admiral Isakov Medal
  • Nelson Stepanyan Medal
  • Gold medal of the Mayor of Yerevan
  • Gold medal of the Ministry of Culture
  • Police Medal For Strengthening Cooperation
  • Combat Service Medal
  • Military Service Medal

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Russified as Armen Karlenovich Poghosyan (Армен Карленович Погосян)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gyumrirenaissance.com/public/en/juries
  2. ↑ content. "ՀՀ ՊՆ - Armen Poghosyan". mil.am. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  3. ↑ https://mediamax.am/am/news/armypolice/16784/
  4. ↑ http://www.hayzinvor.am/en/29594.html?fdx_switcher=true
  5. ↑ "PanARMENIAN.Net - Mobile". panarmenian.net. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  6. ↑ "The General Staff of the Armed Forces". kremlin-military-tattoo.ru. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ↑ "Once in the residence of the president, we welcomed the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. According to protocol he had to bypass us, but he came up, shook my hand and said: "I have never heard our anthem played so well," and showed a thumbs up as a sign of gratitude". hayzinvor.am. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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