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PRESS RELEASE

Monday, May 3, 2010

Karabakh Chamber Orchestra Honors 60th Birthday of Albert Safarian

Karabakh Chamber Orchestra (KCO) opened its 2010 concert season on March
12 at the Stepanakert Culture Palace, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, with
a concert dedicated to the 60th birthday of Karabakh musician, teacher,
painter and sculptor Albert Safarian.

The concert was attended by NKR Culture Minister Naira Aghabalian, who
congratulated Safarian on his birthday and presented him with a medal of
gratitude recognizing his unique contribution to the development of
culture in Karabakh. In her speech, Aghabalian also thanked AGBU for its
part in founding the orchestra, and she praised the orchestra for
participating in the cultural rebirth and development of war-torn
Karabakh.

Albert Safarian was born in 1949 in Stepanakert. He studied trumpet at
Stepanakert music school and graduated from the Yerevan State
Conservatory. He taught trumpet and trombone and founded a brass
orchestra as a professor at Sayat-Nova music college, where his students
have been winners of regional and national contests. Safarian has
performed as a conductor and a musician in the orchestra. He is a member
of the Union of Writers of Karabakh and has served in the past as
chairman of the union. Karabakh Chamber Orchestra was founded in
September 2004 with sponsorship from AGBU, which continues to date.

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