 She studied music at Melikyan Music College from 1955 to 1958, composition with Orest Yevlakhov at the Leningrad Conservatory from 1961 to 1963, and composition with Edvard Mirzoyan at the Yerevan Conservatory from 1964 to 1967.After completing her studies, she taught orchestration, composition and harmony at the Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan until 1990.In 1967 she became a member of the Armenian Composers' Union.