Varujan Kojian (March 12, 1935;

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March 4, 1993;

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) was an Armenian-American violinist and conductor from

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. He studied violin at the

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awarded the Premier Prix in 1956, and subsequently with Ivan Galamian and Jascha Heifetz. Kojian joined the

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where he became an assistant concertmaster in 1965. Naturalising as an American citizen in 1967, Kojian began conducting studies with Sasha Popov, and was appointed assistant conductor to Zubin Mehta in 1970. Kojian continued his studies with Hans Swarowsky in

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in 1971. From 1973 to 1980 he was the guest conductor at the Royal Opera in

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and during the same years was also working as an associate conductor for the

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. From 1980 to 1983 he was director of the

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and a year later became a member of the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra of which he became director from 1985-1993 before he died at the age of 57. https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/kojian-varujan-haig

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Varujan Kojian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kojian, Varujan American male conductors (music) 1935 births 1993 deaths Conservatoire de Paris alumni Musicians from Beirut 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American male musicians American people of Armenian descent 20th-century American classical violinists Concertmasters of the Los Angeles Philharmonic