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    PRESS RELEASE

    Monday, May 3, 2010

    Karabakh Chamber Orchestra Honors 60th Birthday of Albert Safarian

    Karabakh Chamber Orchestra (KCO) opened its 2010 concert season on March
    12 at the Stepanakert Culture Palace, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, with
    a concert dedicated to the 60th birthday of Karabakh musician, teacher,
    painter and sculptor Albert Safarian.

    The concert was attended by NKR Culture Minister Naira Aghabalian, who
    congratulated Safarian on his birthday and presented him with a medal of
    gratitude recognizing his unique contribution to the development of
    culture in Karabakh. In her speech, Aghabalian also thanked AGBU for its
    part in founding the orchestra, and she praised the orchestra for
    participating in the cultural rebirth and development of war-torn
    Karabakh.

    Albert Safarian was born in 1949 in Stepanakert. He studied trumpet at
    Stepanakert music school and graduated from the Yerevan State
    Conservatory. He taught trumpet and trombone and founded a brass
    orchestra as a professor at Sayat-Nova music college, where his students
    have been winners of regional and national contests. Safarian has
    performed as a conductor and a musician in the orchestra. He is a member
    of the Union of Writers of Karabakh and has served in the past as
    chairman of the union. Karabakh Chamber Orchestra was founded in
    September 2004 with sponsorship from AGBU, which continues to date.

    Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
    non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
    preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
    educational, cultural, and humanitarian programs, annually touching the
    lives of some 400,000 Armenians around the world.

    For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please visit
    www.agbu.org.
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