Ruben Mikaeli Aharonian or Aharonyan (Armenian: Ռուբեն Ահարոնյան; born 1947, Riga, Latvia) is an Armenian classical violinist. He has won second prize at the Enescu Competition in Bucharest and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1974, second prize). He is a professor at Yerevan State Conservatory and the first violinist of the Borodin Quartet since 1996.
Ruben Aharonyan | |
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| Born | 24 May 1947  Riga |
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| Occupation | Violinist |
Aharonyan studied at the Moscow State Conservatory with Yuri Yankelevich, and afterwards became a student of Leonid Kogan. In 1982 Aharonyan became the artistic director of National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. He has toured throughout Europe, North, and South America.
Awards edit
- People's Artist of Armenia (1980)
- State Prize of Armenia (1988)
- State Prize of Russia (2001)
Books edit
- (in Russian) И. Л. Золотова. Рубен Агаронян. — Ереван: Советакан грох, 1989. — 148 стр.
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