 Hrant Bagrazyan featured at special piano recital in ClevelandMay 7, 2011 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Women’s Guild of St. Gregory of Narek in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted a spring musical event in the form of a special piano recital on May 6. The recital featured Hrant Bagrazyan, an accomplished pianist and student at The Cleveland Institute of Music, according to Cleveland.com. Bagrazyan is a native of Yerevan, Armenia, who started playing piano at the age of 6. He entered the Tchaikovsky Music School in Yerevan in 1992 and studied at the State Conservatory from 2002-2009. He has participated and won several prizes in piano competitions in Europe and Armenia including third place in the 2007 Aram Khachaturian International Piano competition. The evening included works from Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt and Komidas. A wine and cheese reception followed.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
