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As a teenager, he earned a scholarship in Armenia; its proximity to Moscow allowed for regular weekend trips for lessons with Anaida Sumbatian, a teacher recommended by Ashkenazy. La bellezza del canto. La forza del destino. ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics. Un ballo in maschera, Act II: Click here Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
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Write a customer review. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Constantine Orbelian is an American pianist who since the s has increasingly focused on conducting as well.
In fact, he has appeared on recordings more often as a conductor than as a pianist and has been closely identified with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the ensemble to which he was appointed music director in Orbelian was born in San Francisco in to immigrant parents, his father an Armenian and his mother a Ukrainian, both refugees who were displaced during World War II. By the s, the Orbelian family was prospering, owing to the father's crafty real estate investments and other business ventures. Early on, young Constantine was exposed not only to music, but to the company of some of the finest Russian musicians of the time, who were regular visitors to the household, including Rostropovich, Vishnievskaya, Richter, Gilels, and Ashkenazy.
Orbelian gave his first public performance at age five and by 11, when he debuted with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, he had reached near-virtuoso status. His first important teacher was Alexander Lieberman. As a teenager, he earned a scholarship in Armenia; its proximity to Moscow allowed for regular weekend trips for lessons with Anaida Sumbatian, a teacher recommended by Ashkenazy.
Orbelian returned to the U. By this time, Orbelian had already established a career as a concert pianist. He had also done some conducting by then, but only infrequently, and on the occasions when he did he usually led the ensemble from the keyboard. Favorably impressed by his pianistic and conducting skills, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra management appointed Orbelian music director of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in , following the death of conductor Andre Korsakov.
Orbelian was the the first American ever to hold such a position in Russia.
Safariants, who lives in St. Petersburg with the couple's son, is the director of the event, which is held every June. In , Orbelian took the M.
They appeared three times at Carnegie Hall between Most of Orbelian's recordings have been for the Delos label, but he has also recorded for Chandos and Philips. Some of his other efforts include the release of works by Piazzolla, on which he led the M.