Career
Adjemian studied composition with prominent Armenian composer Ghazaros Saryan (son of Martiros Saryan) at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1973–81.
In 1987 Adjemian was awarded the National Prize of the Armenian SSR (for this Symphony No. 1). His music has been performed in Armenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Poland, Russia, the UK, Switzerland and the USA. In 2007 six of his major works have been commissioned by BIM Edition (Switzerland). He has been a member of SUISA since 2008.
Adjemian has taught composition at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory since 1987, and was appointed a professor in 2001. He has been Head of the Composition Department since 2002.
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