A museum/research institute dedicated to the life and work of Armenian clergyman, composer and musicologist Komitas (Soghomon Soghomonian), will open in Yerevan by year’s end.

The museum is to be located in Komitas Park with funding from Syrian-Armenian benefactor Kapriel Jamparjian, founder of ther Pyunik Human Resources Development Foundation.

The government has transferred the land to the All Armenian Fund at no cost.

2014 marks the 145th anniversary of Komitas’ birth.

Bottom Photo: Yerevan Municipality