Guitarist Gohar Vardanyan performs in Ohio

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio, featured Armenian guitarist, Gohar Vardanyan, in a guest recital,clevescene.com reported.

Musical highlights included Three Pieces from Argentina: Danza en mi-moll by Jorge Morel; Milonga by Jorge Cardoso; and Verano Porteño by Astor Piazzolla. Additional repertoire included: Andaluza by Regino Sainz de la Maza; Sevilla from Suite Española, Op. 47 by Isaac Albéniz; Invocación y Danza by Joaquín Rodrigo; and Fantasie Hongroise, Op. 65, No. 1 by Johann K. Mertz.

Vardanyan has performed throughout the U.S., including the Smithsonian Institution and Lincoln Center. Guitar International Magazine has described her as “the complete package,” “with a musicality and emotional quality . . . that one would expect from someone much older than the young wunderkind.” Her playing has also been described as “passionate,” “evocative,” and “virtuosic.”

Ms. Vardanyan began studying the guitar in Armenia at the age of five and gave her first public performance at the age of eight. She went on to earn a Master of Music Degree from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music.