Ruben Sargsyan, also seen as Sarkisyan (Armenian: Ռուբեն Սարգսյան; Russian: Рубен Суренович Саркисян; November 22, 1945 – April 6, 2013), was an Armenian composer, laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Armenia, professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
Ruben Sargsyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, in the family of scientist agronome Suren Sargsyan. He first began to study at the Sayat-Nova Music School, then continued his education at the Romanos Melikian Music College. At the second year of college education he has been recommended and transferred to the music composition class of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, where he studied with professor Ghazaros Saryan. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1972 and became a member of the Composers' Union. In 1973-1985 Ruben Sargsyan has been teaching Music Theory and Solfege at the Yerevan Music School No.10. In 1987-2013 he has taught Music Composition and Modern Composition Technology at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. In 2004 became a Professor of Music. In 1994 Ruben Sargsyan, along with other modern Armenian composers and musicologists, established the Armenian Musical Assembly, non-governmental, non-for-profit organization, intended to promote and support modern Armenian Music worldwide.
2007 - received the State Award of the Republic of Armenia for his orchestral cycle My coeval.1993 - became a laureate of the national competition The Best Symphonic Composition for his Symphonic Poem.1978 - received the Best Composition of the Year national award for his Cello Concerto No.1Rock-ballet The Invisible Man, libretto based on Herbert Wells novel, 2000Symphony No.1 for symphonic orchestra on YouTube, 1986 (Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2012)Symphony No.2, Ironica, for symphonic orchestra, 1989 (Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2010)Symphony No.3, The Chronicle, for symphonic orchestra (published, Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2005)Symphony In modo passacaglia for chamber orchestra, 1984Concerto No.1 for Violin and Chamber orchestra, 1983 (published, Sovetakan Grogh publishing, Yerevan, 1989)Concerto No.2 for Violin and Chamber orchestra, 1984 (published, Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2009)Concerto No.3 for Violin and Chamber orchestra, 1989Concerto No.4 for Violin and Chamber orchestra, 2001 (published, Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2003)Concerto No.1 for Cello and Symphonic orchestra, 1977Concerto No.2 for Cello and Chamber orchestra, 1979Concerto No.3 for Cello and Chamber orchestra, 1989Concerto No.4 for Cello and Chamber orchestra, 1994Concerto for Viola and Chamber orchestra, 1992Cogitation for cello and chamber orchestra on YouTube(in memory of Gh. Saryan), 2000. (published, Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2001)In memory for Chamber orchestra, celesta and percussion (in memory of Avet Terteryan), 1996 (published, Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2001)Concertino for String orchestra, 1996 (published, Komitas publishing, Yerevan, 2001)Elegy for flute and string ensemble, 1998Junior concerto for piano and string orchestra, 1983String Quartet, 1982, Sovetakan Grogh publishing, 1983Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, 1984, Komitas publishing, 2002Sonata for Flute and Piano, 2001Sonata for Cello and Piano on YouTube, 1977, Soviet Composer publishing, 1980Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano, 1976, Sovetakan Grogh publishingb, 1982Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano on YouTube, 1978, Soviet Composer publishing, 1984Piano sonata, 1980, Sovetakan Grogh publishingb, 1982Armenian graphics 5 pieces for piano solo, 1975, Sovetakan Grogh publishingb, 1982Cercio declamando for cello solo, 2001, Komitas publishing, 2006Nerses Shnorhali poem for flute, piano and reciter, 1975A gift to Komitas 7 pieces for piano solo, 1987, Komitas publishing, 2002Piano Sonatina No.1, 1968, Sovetakan Grogh publishing, 1985Piano Sonatina No.2, 1980Piano Sonatina No.3, 1981Piano Sonatina No.4, 1987, Komitas publishing, 2000Album for the Young for Piano solo, 1983, Komitas publishing, 2000Requiem for September for Chamber orchestra, dedicated to the victims of 9/11, 2003My coeval cycle for Chamber orchestra (1. Deir ez-Zor survivor's confession on YouTube, 2. All that remains, 3. Return to its circuit on YouTube, 4. Mass for the ghost), 2005-2006, Komitas publishing, 2006, Amrots Group publishing, 2011Call the Spring for Flute, Glockenspiel and chamber ensemble, 2007-2009Mozart's will for flute, oboe, clarinet in B, fagot, trumpet in B, trombone, timpani and chamber ensemble, 2008Black ball for flute, glockenspiel and chamber ensemble, 2007-2009Farewell for piano and chamber ensemble on YouTube, in memory of musicologist Irina Tigranova, 2011Rhapsody for piano and chamber orchestra on YouTube, 2011The death of the Legend for Piano solo, 2012String Quartet, in memory of composer Edvard Mirzoyan, 2012www.hayafisha.ru/concert/artist/1790.htmlwww.panarmenian.net/rus/culture/news/39564/www.armtown.com/news/ru/pan/20091123/39781/www.biografija.ru/show_bio.aspx?id=115278www.golos.am/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10201&Itemid=53www.sobesednik.am/old_archive/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36899:2010-03-08-11-54-28&catid=2593:n126&Itemid=14324