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RENOWNED PIANIST SERGEI BABAYAN TO PERFORM IN ISRAEL
November 25, 2013 - 13:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A top Armenian-American pianistSergei Babayan will
perform a single concert November 26 in Israel to open the country's
young pianists' competition, culbyt.com said.
Babayan began his musical studies at age six. A student of legendary
teachers and musicians as Gornostayeva, Naumov, Pletnev and Vlasenko
in the Moscow Conservatory, Sergei Babayan was one of the the
first pianists from the former USSR who was able to compete without
government sponsorship after the collapse of the system.
In 1989, Babayan travelled to the United States. That same year
he won first prize in the Robert Casadesus International Piano
Competition.After he won first prize in the Palm Beach International
Piano Competition and first prize in the Hamamatsu International
Piano Competition, he became a Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Music
Competition in 1991. He won first prize in the Scottish International
Piano Competition and third prize at the Busoni International Piano
Competition. He was a prize winner at the Esther Honens International
Piano Competition.
In 1996, Babayan founded the Sergei Babayan International Piano
Academy at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/173077/
From: Baghdasarian
November 25, 2013 - 13:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A top Armenian-American pianistSergei Babayan will
perform a single concert November 26 in Israel to open the country's
young pianists' competition, culbyt.com said.
Babayan began his musical studies at age six. A student of legendary
teachers and musicians as Gornostayeva, Naumov, Pletnev and Vlasenko
in the Moscow Conservatory, Sergei Babayan was one of the the
first pianists from the former USSR who was able to compete without
government sponsorship after the collapse of the system.
In 1989, Babayan travelled to the United States. That same year
he won first prize in the Robert Casadesus International Piano
Competition.After he won first prize in the Palm Beach International
Piano Competition and first prize in the Hamamatsu International
Piano Competition, he became a Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Music
Competition in 1991. He won first prize in the Scottish International
Piano Competition and third prize at the Busoni International Piano
Competition. He was a prize winner at the Esther Honens International
Piano Competition.
In 1996, Babayan founded the Sergei Babayan International Piano
Academy at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/173077/
From: Baghdasarian