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TJEKNAVORIAN RECEIVES ARMENIA'S FIRST DEGREE MEDAL
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On Line: 26 September 2012 15:48
In Print: Thursday 27 September 2012
TEHRAN - The celebrated Iranian-born Armenian composer and conductor
Loris Tjeknavorian received the First Degree Medal of Armenia during
a ceremony in Yerevan on September 21.
The Armenian President Serzh Azati Sargsyan presented the medal to
Tjeknavorian during the ceremony, which was held on the occasion
of Armenia Independent Day, Iran's Embassy in Armenia announced
on Tuesday.
During the ceremony, Tjeknavorian said that he is proud of being an
Iranian artist and also to be able to establish a deep relationship
between the two nations with his works.
Loris Tjeknavorian was born in 1937 in Borujerd in the southwestern
Iranian Province of Lorestan and was educated in Tehran.
After he studied violin and piano at the Tehran Conservatory of Music,
he studied composition at the Vienna Music Academy, where he graduated
with honors in 1961.
Tjeknavorian has performed throughout the world, having conducted
international orchestras in Austria, Britain, the United States,
Canada, Hungary, Iran, Finland, the former Soviet Union, Armenia,
Thailand, Hong Kong, South Africa and Denmark.
His own compositions have been performed by major orchestras, including
the London Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,
the American Symphony Orchestra in New York and the Tehran Symphony
Orchestra.
The medal is bestowed annually to Armenians who boost Armenian culture
and art in other parts of the world.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/101794-tjeknavorian-receives-armenias-first-degree-medal
On Line: 26 September 2012 15:48
In Print: Thursday 27 September 2012
TEHRAN - The celebrated Iranian-born Armenian composer and conductor
Loris Tjeknavorian received the First Degree Medal of Armenia during
a ceremony in Yerevan on September 21.
The Armenian President Serzh Azati Sargsyan presented the medal to
Tjeknavorian during the ceremony, which was held on the occasion
of Armenia Independent Day, Iran's Embassy in Armenia announced
on Tuesday.
During the ceremony, Tjeknavorian said that he is proud of being an
Iranian artist and also to be able to establish a deep relationship
between the two nations with his works.
Loris Tjeknavorian was born in 1937 in Borujerd in the southwestern
Iranian Province of Lorestan and was educated in Tehran.
After he studied violin and piano at the Tehran Conservatory of Music,
he studied composition at the Vienna Music Academy, where he graduated
with honors in 1961.
Tjeknavorian has performed throughout the world, having conducted
international orchestras in Austria, Britain, the United States,
Canada, Hungary, Iran, Finland, the former Soviet Union, Armenia,
Thailand, Hong Kong, South Africa and Denmark.
His own compositions have been performed by major orchestras, including
the London Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,
the American Symphony Orchestra in New York and the Tehran Symphony
Orchestra.
The medal is bestowed annually to Armenians who boost Armenian culture
and art in other parts of the world.