Ruben Mikaeli Aharonyan (born 24 May 1947) is an

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n classical violinist. Born in

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, Latvia, He has won second prize at the Enescu Competition in

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and the

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(1974, second prize). He is a professor at

Yerevan State Conservatory Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan (), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned college of music located in Yerevan, Armenia. The institute was founded in 1921 as a music st ...

and the first violinist of the

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since 1996. Aharonyan studied at the

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with Yuri Yankelevich, and afterwards became a student of

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. In 1982 Aharonyan became the artistic director of National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. He has toured throughout Europe, North, and South America.

Awards

* People's Artist of Armenia (1980) * State Prize of Armenia (1988) * State Prize of Russia (2001)

Books

* (in Russian) И. Л. Золотова. Рубен Агаронян. — Ереван: Советакан грох, 1989. — 148 стр.

Notes

External links

The Borodin Quartet official page
1947 births Living people Musicians from Riga Soviet Armenians Tchaikovsky Secondary Music School alumni 21st-century Armenian classical violinists {{armenia-musician-stub