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      <image:caption>Our leadership team brings years of experience to promote the professional development of the teaching and administrative staffs of YKSC, to help establish and implement collaborations with foreign scientific, educational and cultural institutions, provides scholarships to the students, donates instruments, bows, cords and other important accessories, finances the acquisition of necessary computer equipment etc.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We have a number of projects and ideas for the sustainable development of the only Armenian music higher education institute in the world. Among them are the Levon Chaushyan inter-conservatory competition, the regional concerts of the conservatory students, scholarships etc. We hope that this important process, especially with the very desired support and participation of musicians and music lovers, will contribute to the strengthening and development of the Armenian musical art.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 1969 he graduated from the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, majoring in composition in the class of Edvard Mirzoyan. In 1970 he studied piano with Georgi Sarajev. He participated in many music festivals and got numerous diplomas. In 1988 his string quartet N3 was performed at the International Festival in Leningrad. From 1986 to 1991 he was the vice-president of the Armenian Composers' Union. Since 1994, he has served as the chairman of the Armenian Composers Assembly, established by him. His works were performed in the USA, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Bulgaria, Greece and many other countries. Levon Chaushian was Honorary Artist of the Republic of Armenia.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>He is an independent London-based scholar and researcher specializing in historical maps of Armenia and the South Caucasus region His first book entitled "Historic Maps of Armenia. The Cartographic Heritage" (2004), which presents a collection of world maps and maps of the Caucasus over a period of 2600 years, became a bestseller in 2005. His articles have appeared in various cartographic magazines, journals and periodicals, among them Imago Mundi and the IMCoS Journal. He has lectured extensively in Armenia, USA, Iran, UK and France. For his services to Armenian historical cartography Ruben Galichian was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in 2008.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Los Angeles-based violist, chamber music and viola instructor, he is a founding member of Khachaturian String Quartet with performances in venues including Carnegie Hall. His goal is to introduce and perpetuate Armenian National musical treasures to an international audience. As member of Academy-, Grammy- and Emmy Awards Orchestras, has done live performances and recordings with Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Paul McCartney, The Three Tenors etc. He has played under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Aram Khachaturian, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Ohan Durian etc.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Irina has been initiating and implementing cultural projects for more than 15 years, ranging from modern art exhibitions to opera and concert productions. Her musical background combined with years of work both in Armenia and abroad, as well as extensive experience in creating a platform for international cooperation in the field of education, have significantly contributed to a creation of a network of talented people from a vast array of backgrounds. Unconditionally believes in the power of art and education to connect cultures and bring together people of different origin and tradition.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Manager, Opera Singer</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Anahit is London based pianist. She has graduated from Yerevan State Conservatory (Prof. Villy Sargsyan), from the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (Prof. Evgeni Mogilevski ) and from Royal Academy of Music (Dip RAM, LRAM) in London (Pascal Nemirovski). She is a recipient of the Diploma D’Onore at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and a laureate of the International Emmanuel Durlet Paino Competition in Antwerp, Belgium. She held recitals and chamber music performances at the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and the St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Santori Hall in Tokyo, the Gavot Hall in Paris. Anahit is professor of piano at the Yehudi Menuhin school of music.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Before switching to the career of opera singer Hayk has been the executive director of international companies, cultural institutions and NGOs. Has served as producer of the Komitas National String Quartet and the Naregatsi Folk Instruments Orchestra, director of the Naregatsi Art Institute, the Opera Studio of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. As a freelance operatic tenor has toured in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Georgia. Hayk is a guest soloist of the Armenian National Theater of Opera and Ballet where has portrayed the roles of Radames in the opera “Aida”, Calaf in the opera “Turandot” and Don José in the opera “Carmen”.</image:caption>
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