Contents: - ReviseMySite

Conductor
Jack Price
Founding Partner / Managing Director
Marc Parella
Partner / Director of Operations
Brenna Sluiter
Marketing Operations Manager
Karrah Cambry
Opera and Special Projects Manager
Mailing Address:
520 Geary Street Suite 605
San Francisco CA 94102
Telephone:
Toll-Free 1-866-PRI-RUBI (774-7824)
310-254-7149 / Los Angeles
415-504-3654 / San Francisco
Skype: pricerubent | marcparella
Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Contents:
 Biography
 Reviews
Website:
http://www.pricerubin.com
Yahoo!Messenger
pricerubin
Complete artist information including video, audio
and interviews are available at www.pricerubin.com
Garo Avessian – Biography
Garo Avessian, conductor
Born in Beirut in 1979, Mr. Avessian studied piano from 1992 – 2000, as well as
composition, harmony, theory and orchestration in Beirut. At Yerevan State
Conservatory in Armenia (named after Gomidas), he studied composition with
Ashautte Zohrabian from 2001 - 2006 and conducting with Aram Gharabekian
from 2003 – 2007 and earned a Masters Degree in both subjects.
His Honors include Third Prize in the Lazarus Saryan Vocal Competition in
Yerevan 2004, for “Three Kuchak Hayren”. In 2005, he received the Presidential
Award for the recognition as the healthiest person in Armenia, subsequently
appeared as a gifted actor in Gor Vardanian’s Film “Destiny”. More recently, he
was a finalist in the Film Music Category of the Young Composers’ Competition
of the Narekatsi Art Institute in Yerevan 2006 for “Embers of the Sun” (imposed
film).
In 2008 he was assigned by Dr. Walid Gholmieh to conduct the Lebanese
Philharmonic Orchestra. His debut with LPO in October 2008 received an
overwhelming critical acclaim from the audience and press.
Garo Avessian is an Associate Professor at the Lebanese National Higher
Conservatory of Music since 2008; he is also the Artistic Director and Conductor
of the Armenian Evangelical ARMISS Choir since September 2008.
He is the founder and the principal conductor of the Ganachian College
Chamber Orchestra since August 2009 and a part-time lecturer at Beirut Arab
University since 2010. Garo Avessian is a member of The Professional Musicians
Syndicate in Lebanon since 2011.
In April 2012, he was selected to participate at George Pehlivanian’s Conducting
Master Class and concert in Le Touquet – France. In collaboration with
Australian Embassy in February 2013, Garo Avessian conducted the Lebanese
Philharmonic Orchestra collaborating with international flautist Ana De La Vega
Garo Avessian – Biography, continued
playing the Myslivecek Flute Concerto in Beirut for the second time in the
history after its premier in London.
Most recently, Avessian was selected to participate in another Conducting
Masterclass, this time by Donald Schleicher (Professor at Illinois State
University) and Russell Miller (Professor at Eastman School of Music) in January
2014 in Chicago.
Garo Avessian – Reviews
“With his dynamic authority and rhythmic discipline Maestro Avessian was
supervising all night long over Brahms’ Variations and Beethoven’s 8th
symphony, creating a bridge of peace and majesty between the orchestra and
his baton.”
An-Nahar, Beirut – Lebanon, 18 February 2013, by May Menassa
“Garo Avessian brilliantly presented the works of the great masters. He allured
the music lovers with his unique delicacy and skillful expertise. The audience
welcomed the 29 year old conductor cheerfully who achieved critical and
popular success.”
New Armenia, Glendale CA – USA, 31 January 2009, by Maral T. Arnelian
La trentaine pétillante, compositeur et directeur d’orchestre, Garo Avessian est
un nouveau jeune maestro libanais qui a déjà conquis le cœur du public par
seulement deux presentations à Beyrouth-Rencontre avec un jeune homme
bourre de talent et pour qui la musique.
L'OREANT LE JOUR, Beirut – Lebanon, Mardi, 15 Juin 2010, par Edgar Davidian
[translation]
Sparkling in his thirties, composer and conductor Garo Avessian is a new young
Lebanese maestro who has already won the heart of the public in just two
Beyrouth-Rencontre concerts as a young man brimming with talent and a
penchant for music.
The OREINT DAILY, Beirut – Lebanon, Tuesday, 15 June 2010, by Edgar
Davidian
Garo Avessian – Reviews, continued
«C’est vrai, la musique classique est un genre exigeant. C’est une belle musique,
de qualité, difficile à maitriser. Jouer est difficile, mais écouter aussi,» prévient
Garo Avessian, élève en formation et quatriéme conducteur de l’orchestre
Philharmonique du Liban.
La Voix Du Nord, France, Mercredi, 11 Avril 2012
[translation]
“It is true, classical music is a demanding genre. This is beautiful music, of
quality, difficult to master. To play it is difficult, but so is listening to it," warns
Garo Avessian, participant in the conducting masterclass and fourth conductor
of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lebanon.
La Voix Du Nord, France, Wednesday, 11 April 2012