YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan congratulated composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian on his 75th anniversary wishing him success in his career, presidential press service said.

Loris Tjeknavorian was born in Iran in 1937. After he had studied violin and piano at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, he studied composition at the Vienna Music Academy where, in 1961, he graduated with honors.

Tjeknavorian has conducted international orchestras throughout the world: in Austria, UK, USA, Canada, Hungary, Copenhagen, Iran, Finland, USSR, Armenia, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Africa, Denmark, Israel, etc