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Maria Amirkhanian A native of Yerevan, Armenia, Maria Amirkhanian began piano lessons at the age of five. While studying under Armine Mokatsian at the Tchaikovsky School of Music, she won first place in the Khachaturian Competition. After graduating from the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, she was accepted, with a full scholarship, to CSU, Fresno where she became a student of Andreas Werz. In addition to concertizing throughout California and internationally, Ms. Amirkhanian has participated in master classes with Peter Frankl, Barbara Nissman, Tamas Ungar, Ruth Laredo, and Oxana Yablonskaya. |
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In the 1994 Liszt competition in Pasadena, Maria won second place. The
following year she won first place at the 1995 MTA Solo Competition, a
statewide event. Maria was the winner of the Fresno Organizers Scholarship Award
in 1996. Maria obtained her DMA from Moscow Conservatory, Russia. During 2005 and Spring 2006 Maria was an instructor at CSU, Fresno; she joined the music faculty of the Gavilan College Music Department in the Fall of 2006. |
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Address of this page is:
http://www.gavilan.edu/music/amirkhanian.html |
