Yerevan, Armenia
The article presents a brief scientific and creative portrait of the rector of the Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Psychology, and Music Therapy, President of the European Academy of Music Therapy, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Sergey Vaganovich Shushardzhan. A doctor among musicians and a musician among doctors, an ex-soloist of the Yerevan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Alexander Spendiaryan and the Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR S.V. Shushardzhan stands at the origins of scientific music therapy. He is a unique example of how one and the same person simultaneously personifies a talented musician, a talented doctor, and a talented scientist. His research played an important role in the development of world music therapy.
Sergey Shushardzhan, baritone, opera house, art therapy, music therapy, vocal therapy
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