Armen Anushavanovich Poghosyan () (born 1 February 1974,
Moscow
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, Russia) — a Russian-Armenian conductor, musical leader and conductor of "School of Dramatic Art" theatre, art leader and conductor of "Sofia" Russian private orchestra.
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Biography
Armen Poghosyan was born in 1974 in Moscow city. He studied choral and symphonic conduction at Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ...
(1997–2002).
He became choirmaster of Academic Chorus guided by S. Strokin (1995).
He became a musical leader and conductor of "School of Dramatic Art" theatre (2006).
Musical leader and conductor
Poghosyan directed performances ''Demon'' (Golden Mask Award
The Golden Mask (, ''Zolotaya maska'') is a Russian theatre festival and the main national theatre award, established in 1994 by the Theatre Union of Russia. The award is given to productions in all genres of theatre art: drama, opera, ballet, ope ...
), ''Bidding'', ''Cow'', ''Opus №7'' (Golden Mask and Crystal Turandot Awards), ''Tararabumbia'' as a musical leader and conductor.
From 2000 to 2008 became a music leader at the Pythagoras studios for the duplication of Russian language full-length musical films and cartoons such as ''Mary Poppins Mary Poppins may refer to:
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'', ''Sleeping Beauty
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'', ''Corpse Bride
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'', ''Hannah Montana
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'', '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''The Little Mermaid
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'', ''Shrek
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''.
Musician
In 2008 he organized youth group "Oliver Twist" — men's quartet under support of a show-group "Doctor Watson
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".
He worked on the vocal parts in the Russian adaptations of the animated films "Shrek the Third
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" and "Megamind
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".
Awards
In 2007 he received a thanksgiving letter from "Disney
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" company for scoring for sound a platinum collection of "The Jungle Book" full-length cartoon.
He has twice received the Golden Mask theatrical award.
Sofia Symphony Orchestra
In 2010 Pogosian became a conductor of the private "Sofia" Symphony Orchestra.
References
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1974 births
Living people
Armenian conductors (music)
21st-century Russian conductors (music)
Russian male conductors (music)
21st-century Russian male musicians
Moscow Conservatory alumni