Samuel Aghdayan is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music, a special school for talented students in the former USSR . After graduating with a Master's Degree in piano performance from the Komitas Conservatory of Music he was engaged by the Conservatory as an accompanist and, subsequently, as a professor of piano. In the United States Mr. Aghdayan has continued his career as a performer and teacher. He has also acted as an accompanist for various choral concerts at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and the Ford Amphitheatre.