Aram Vachiki Gharabekian (4 July 195510 January 2014) was an

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ian-born

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conductor, former Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. In 1983 he founded and until 1996 directed and conducted the ''Boston SinfoNova Orchestra''.

Biography

Aram Gharabekian was born into an

family in

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, on 4 July 1955. He moved to the United States at the age of 17. He graduated from the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a Private college, private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along Avenue of the Arts (Boston), the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Ha ...

in Boston, then continued his postgraduate studies at

Mainz University The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

in Germany. He studied conducting with Franco Ferrara in Italy, and in 1979 became one of a few conducting pupils of

Sergiu Celibidache Sergiu Celibidache (; ; 13 August 1996) was a Romanian people, Romanian Conducting, conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over fi ...

in Germany. Gharabekian also studied composition and conducting under Jacob Druckman and

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was th ...

at Tanglewood Music Center in

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. Gharabekian died in

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on 10 January 2014 at the age of 58.

Awards

*1989 ''Lucien Wulsin Performance Award'' *1988 ''American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Award for Adventuresome Programming'' * ''Harvard Musical Association's "Best Performance Award"''

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References

External links

Aram Gharabekyan - Armenian National Music
1955 births 2014 deaths Musicians from Tehran Iranian people of Armenian descent American people of Armenian descent Iranian emigrants to the United States New England Conservatory alumni Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni {{Conductor-stub