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Mariya Gambaryan
Mariya Stepanovna Gambaryan (Yerevan, 1 October 1925) is an Armenian pianist. She studied until 1948 in the Moscow Conservatoire under Konstantin Igumnov, who took pride in shaping her artistic personality, followed by postgraduate studies in the Moscow Conservatory under Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Oborin. She taught in the Leningrad Conservatory from 1956, and in the Gnessin State Musical College, Gnessin College after moving to Moscow in 1960. There she taught for most of her life, until 2017. She received the Honored Artist of the Armenian RSS and the Russian Federation medals in 1966 and 2005 respectively, Kremlin, 7 April 2005 as well as the Movses Khorenatsi medal in 2016. Premieres References {{DEFAU ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
