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Simon Harutyunyan Ayvazian (Armenian: Սիմոն Հարությունի Այվազյան, Farsi: سیمون آیوازیان born 1944 in Bandar Anzali) is an Iranian-Armenian architect, photographer, guitarist, painter and educator living in Tehran, Iran

Education
After graduating from high school, Simon got his consecutive master degree in the field of architecture from Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University.

Simon was employed by the University of Tehran as a faculty member. To pursue higher education he moved to Paris. He got his DEA in Islamic Civilization Studies from University of Sorbonne 4, France in 1985. And also he got his PhD in Archeology and Art from University of Sorbonne 1, France in 1991. After coming back to Iran, he taught in different fields in Tehran University such as architecture engineering, urban planning, photography and music. After completing his scientific degrees, he became a full Professor.

Architect and Professor
Simon Ayvazian is one of the Prominent professors of architectural engineering and urban design in Iran. He professionally works in the field of architectural engineering and archeology since 1966.


 * Faculty of Tehran Fine Art University.


 * Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of Qazvin Islamic Azad University.
 * Professor at Khatam University of Tehran.

Guitar and Music Life
Simon Ayvazian is a well known guitar instructor and he used to be the head of guitar department in Tehran Fine Art University.

Childhood and Early Years

 * Simon started playing Mandolin at the age of 12. Around 14 he became acquainted with Guitar and learned classical guitar for seven years in an academic manner.

Introduction to Classic and Flamenco Guitar

 * He met his first flamenco master, Juan Alba, at the age of 21 and learned five of his most famous Spanish toques. Along with flamenco guitar, he continued to learn classical Guitar. He took lessons with Master Alireo Diaz, a Venezuelan guitarist who was late Segovia's assistant.

Learning from Masters

 * He then briefly followed the expert advice of Julian Byzantine, one of Julian Breams distinguished students. From 1945 to 1948, he won 4 gold medals in guitar competitions in universities and colleges. He has also won a special award for judges of the student congress (foreign students) in Madrid. Between 1976 and 1978, he used the presence of Jean During, a student of Narciso Yepes and an outstanding student of the Paris Conservatory, and from 1343 to 1354, he performed more than ten guitar concerts as a soloist and duet.

Students
Simon Ayvazian mentioned in different occasions that he taught to over 1000 students since he started teaching the guitar. he holda all the names and records as he is very professional with records. His classic guitar archive is very vast.

Some of noticed students


 * Keyvan Mirhadi
 * Babak Amini

Photography and Painting

 * Since 1979, Simon had several exhibitions in Iran and France. He has started his photography career in 1963.

Awards

 * Simon Ayvazian has participated in many festivals and competitions in classical guitar and flamenco, and has appeared many times as a speaker at festivals and conferences. He has been honored in ceremonies. These includes the Fajr and young festivals, the Iranian classical guitar and flamenco competition, the Iranian flamenco national conference and the Isfahan guitar festival
 * Second Prize water color, Iran high schools (1962)
 * Gold medal classical guitar, national competition, University of Iran (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)
 * First prize of the photography cultural heritage, ministry of culture of Iran (1974)
 * Special prize of the jury foreign student competition, Madrid, Spain (1975
 * Honored at the 21st Fajr International music festival in 2005.
 * Honored by ministry of culture and Islamic guidance, First degree artistic award for musician and photographer Simon Ayvazian,  council of artists, writers and poets.