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Karen Israelyan

Karen Israelyan

Was born on 15th of November 1979, in Yerevan, capital of Armenia, in medical doctors family.
Started to play violin from 9 years old.
After graduation in Special Music School by Tchaikovsky ,entered in Yerevan State Conservatory on 1997 witch was graduated with honour on 2002. As a exchange prodram student, from 2000 to 2001, studied in ,,Ino Mirkovich,, Music Academy in Lovran,Croatia. From 2003 to 2005 studied in Austria,Vienna Konservatorim .During studying was participated in the competition ,,Giovani Talenti,, and won second prise and silver medal in San Bartalameo,Italy.
From 2005 to 2009 worked in Orchestra Academia de Grand Theatre Del Liceu in Barcelona,Spain.
From 2009 moved to Tokyo,Japan, and participate as a chamber music artist and soloist in the concerts.
As a soloist and member of European Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Young Orchestra,member of quartet ,,Oriente,, was participated in concerts in Armenia,Italy,Iran,Austria,Croatia,Switzerland,Spain,Japan.
Was studied with Bagrat Vardanyan, Prof. Yuriy Kortchinsky, Prof. Dorice Koestenberger .And was participated in master classes with Prof. Dora Schwarzberg.

Sakura Yazaki

Sakura Yazaki

The pianist, Sakura Yazaki, was born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 2003, she continued her postgraduate studies by Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists at the Ino Mirkovich Music Academy in Croatia with Prof. Evgeny Zarafiants. She also studied chamber music from 2003 to 2005 at the Vienna Conservatorium in Vienna with Prof. Dorice Kostenberger. From 2005 to 2008 in Spain, since 2009 she has lived in Tokyo, She has given performance at various concerts; including piano solos; chamber music, in Croatia, Austria, Spain and Japan.
Having taken piano lessons with Prof.Konstantin Sirounian, Prof.Evgeny Zarafiants, Prof.Hiroko Nakamura, Prof.Hidemitsu Hayashi and Prof.Shizuko Murate.

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