Angelo Hakobi Ephrikian (; 20 October 191330 October 1982), also known as Vahan Ephrikian (), was an

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and violinist of Armenian descent. Angelo Ephrikian was born in

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, Italy. He learned the violin from 1919, with Luigi Ferro. However, after he attended law school he immediately began working in the legal field. He then gave up his legal career in order to join the resistance movement against Italian fascism by joining partisan forces. However, after World War II, he immediately became a musical conductor. Ephrikian was a pioneer of early Italian music. He took a very active part in the rediscovery of the works of

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, and directed the first contemporary opera of Vivaldi's ''Fida Ninfa'' in 1958. He founded the independent Arcophon record label in 1960, recorded the complete works of Gesualdo with the Quintetto Vocale Italiano by 1965. This was reissued by Newton Classics on 6 CDs in 2012. Ephrikian died in Rome in 1982. His daughter, Laura Ephrikian, is an actress.Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri – Page 123 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia – 2003 "(Laura Ephrikian. Treviso 14 giugno 1940). Figlia di un direttore d'orchestra di origine armena, si diploma in recitatone alla scuola del Piccolo Teatro di Milano. A partire dal 1960 lavora intensamente in teatro. televisione e anche cinema ..."

Selected discography

* Boccherini: La Clementina * Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * Monteverdi: Messa a 4 Voci * Benedetto Marcello: Sinfonias I Solisti di Milano * Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerti Grossi 1-12 I Solisti di Milano * Carissimi: Dives Malus * Jacopo Peri: Euridice. Recording: I Solisti di Milano, 1966, Arcophon Am 661/2.

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