Harutyun Chkolyan is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in Armenian folk wind instruments such as the duduk, zurna, shvi, pku, in addition to the clarinet and ney flute. He graduated from the Komitas State Conservatory, where he studied under renowned duduk master Gevorg Dabaghyan. Now a teacher at the conservatory, he has also performed as a soloist with a variety of international orchestras, including Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, I Culture Orchestra (Poland), Staatskapelle Weimar (Germany), Kharkiv Youth Symphonic orchestra (Ukraine) and State Opera and Ballet Theater of Yakutsk (Russia).