David Azarian was born in 1952 in Yerevan, Armenia. His father was a music teacher and reed player who worked for more than 50 years with the Opera and Ballet Symphony Orchestras of Armenia.
He was born in 1950 in Yerevan. In 1974 he graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory, the class of compositions after L. Sarian and the class of organ of V. Stamboltsian.
David Khanjian, renowned Armenian conductor and pianist, Distinguished Artist of the Republic of Armenia granted two government honors, started his musical education at Tchaikovsky school of music