Pianist Raphael Minaskanian to perform in Los Angeles (video) March 14, 2014 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Raphael Minaskanian, an internationally acclaimed artist and Iran's pre-eminent classical pianist and professor of music will perform Sunday, March 16, at Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA. Minaskanian was born in Tehran, began his musical studies at the age of six, and several years later, he performed the first live broadcast piano recital, on the then newly established Iranian TV, according to the Armenian Calendar. He studied under the distinguished teacher and composer, Emanuel Melik-Aslanian, and with internationally known master teachers, including UCLA's Aube Tzerko in Los Angeles, Karl Ulrich Schnabel in Italy, Ilona Kabos in London and at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Over the past three decades, Minaskanian has continued to teach and perform, making solo, chamber and orchestral appearances in his native Iran, Armenia, Europe, Canada, and the United States. Minaskanian's unique style and musicianship have consistently won him the acclaim of critics everywhere, and descriptions of "unfailing clarity", "brilliant", "exciting", "poetic", and "unforgettable". On Sunday, he will be performing Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Melik-Aslanian. Related links: Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |