CELLIST SUREN BAGRATUNI TO GIVE CONCERT IN THE NETHERLANDS

Noyan Tapan
May 18, 2009

Nederburg, May 18, Noyan Tapan – Armenians Today. On May 31 cellist
Suren Bagratuni will give a concert in Nederburg of Holland accompanied
by well-known Japanese pianist Ayano Shimada, a winner of several
major international music prizes. Winner of the Silver Medal at the
1986 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Suren Bagratuni will be the
first to take the stage of the Nederburg Recital Room. Numerous radio
and TV channels broadcasted programs devoted to Suren Bagratuni. He has
been featured on CBC Radio Canada, WNYC in New York, WGBH in Boston,
NPR, and NHK TV Japan.

Artistic director of the Cello Plus music festival Suren Bagratuni
is currently artist-teacher and professor of cello at Michigan State
University College of Music. His students occupy teaching positions in
major universities and perform in orchestras throughout the U.S. and
abroad.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress