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    ARMENIA ANNOUNCES 4 GOLD WINNERS OF ARAM KHACHATURIAN COMPETITION
    Armen Hareyan

    HULIQ.com
    June 15 2010
    SC

    Instead of two gold winners, the international jury in Armenia
    announced that four people have become the Gold medal winners of
    Aram Khachaturian classical music competition annually taking place
    in the capital Yerevan.

    Today at the competition's final stage there were announced the winners
    in the violin and cello classifications. About 59 young musicians
    from 21 countries participated in the 8th competition named after
    famous Armenian composer Aram Khachaurian, more known to western
    world with his Sabre Dance from the ballet Spartacus and the Violin
    Concerto. The jury itself was very prestigious and representative.

    There were professional musicians in the jury representing nine
    countries. The jury was very demanding. For example, it did not give
    the third place to anyone in the cello competition.

    This year musicians were competing in two categories: cello and
    violin. In Cello competition the first and second places were shared
    between two musicians each. Luca Magariello (Italy) and Eugine
    Ramiantsev from Russia became the winners and shared the gold medal.

    The silver medal was also shared between two people. Hasmik vardanyan
    from Armenia and Samuel Lutsker from Germany shared the second place.

    No one received the bronze

    In violin competition jury did not give any silver medals. Instead
    two people shared the gold and two others the bronze medals. Phillip
    Brett from Australia and Tigran Harutiunyan from Armenia shared the
    3rd place in violin competition. Lia Hakopova from Russia and Jaroslav
    Nadzirski from Poland became the winners of the gold medal.

    Thus it made four people becoming the winners of the 8th international
    music competition named after Aram Khachaturian, instead of two.

    All of the winners will have excellent promotion opportunities with
    two top world class Orchestras, besides winning a $15,000 financial
    prize. The winners will have the opportunity to have a concert solo
    appearance with the Mariinsky Theatre orchestra under Valery Gergiev
    and the Moscow State Academic Symphonic Orchestra under Pavel Kogan.

    All of these concerts will take place in Armenia during the two
    orchestra's scheduled trips to Armenia.

    This evening the winners performed the violin and cello concertos of
    Aram Khachaturian in Yerevan. After which the award giving ceremony
    took places.

    The Aram Khachaturian competition has been taking place since 2003.

    Until now musicians were competing in two categories: violin, cello.

    Starting next year composers and pianists will also be able to
    participate in this already prestigious classic music competition. The
    board of the directors of the Aram Khachaturian Music Competition
    includes such names as the Mrs. Rita Sargsyan, the wife of the
    president of Armenia, Valery Gergiev, the artistic director of
    Mariinsky Theatre and the chief conductor of London symphonic orchestra
    and Pavel Kogan who directs the Moscow State Academic Orchestra.




    From: A. Papazian
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