The Youth Orchestra of Armenia was founded in November 2005, with the efforts of the students of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
Sergey Smbatyan, violinist and prize-winner in international competitions, is the chief conductor and artistic director

Artistic director

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...

of the orchestra.

In the concert programme of the Youth State Orchestra are included the works of Armenian, Russian and West-European composers of different epochs.