Mariam Nazarian (born 1983) a.k.a. Marie Nazar is a concert pianist and producer; she is a graduate of the
Mannes College of Music,
Harvard University, and
University of Cambridge (Clare Hall). Nazarian has performed at
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...
(New York),
(Boston), and the
Grand Philharmonic Hall (St. Petersburg, Russia).
She has recorded a commercially released CD of
J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Early life
Nazarian grew up in
Plainsboro Township, New Jersey
Plainsboro Township is a township in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the outer-ring suburbs of the New York metropolitan area even though it is ...
and attended
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, also known as WW-P North, is a four-year public comprehensive high school located in Plainsboro Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades. T ...
for her freshman and sophomore years, before being home-schooled for the remainder of high school years to avoid conflicts with her professional performing career.
[Miller, Lynn]
"Portrait of a Concert Pianist: Plainsboro to Carnegie Hall"
''Community News'', January 23, 2009. Accessed October 2, 2017. "Her dream to be a concert pianist began early and by the time she was eight, she knew she would be a professional musician. Mariam Nazarian, 25, of Plainsboro was born into a family of musicians in Armenia.... Nazarian, who entered High School North with classmates in the school’s first graduating class (2001), attended classes as a freshman and sophomore."
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Living people
1983 births
Harvard University alumni
Mannes School of Music alumni
Musicians from New Jersey
People from Plainsboro Township, New Jersey
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North alumni
21st-century American women pianists
21st-century American pianists
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