On Friday, 30 January 2015, "Barsegh Ganachian" Music College of Hamazkayin (Executive Director Armen Jenderejian), organized the presentation of Alexander Spendiaryan’s life and creative work at "K. and H. Armenian" Hall of "Levon Shant" Cultural Center of Hamazkayin. Armen Jenderejian said that Spendiaryan is considered one of the founders of the Armenian classical music. Having studied the regularities of the Armenian folk music, the European and Russian classical music, he widened the circles of the national music, laid the foundation for the Armenian classical symphonic music and created the "Almast" opera.
Alexander Spendiaryan was born in 1871, in the Crimea, in a merchant’s family. His childhood impressions were tightly connected with the musical atmosphere in his family and the everyday musical lifestyle in the Crimea.
In 1896-1900, Spendiarian was the student of the famous composer N. Rimski Korsakov. His connection with the well-known representatives of Russian art and the progressive figures of the Armenian culture greatly contributed to the formation of his world-view.