Armen Movsessian is a violin

Violin

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 player. His formal training as a musician began as a child. He received his high school diploma from the Tchaikovsky's

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

 School of Music for the musically gifted, and earned his B.A. and Master’s from the Yerevan Conservatory

Yerevan State Musical Conservatory

Yerevan State Musical Conservatory or Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, is a conservatory located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1921 as a music studio, and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.-History:...

 named after Komitas. He was one of only fifty-four violinists worldwide to be invited to compete in the International Competition of Violinists in Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

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 in 1990. This is when he decided to move to the United States

United States

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 and has since been named Concertmaster for the Panama National Symphony in Panama City

Panama City

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, Panama

Panama

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, and for the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra

New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra

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. Movsessian was an instructor of violin, viola, and chamber music

Chamber music

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 at Clark University

Clark University

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 and an instructor of violin at the Longy School of Music

Longy School of Music

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, both in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. He has performed during the 2003 and 2004 Ethnicity

Ethnicity (Yanni album)

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world tours with Yanni

Yanni

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, as well as the 2005 Yanni Live! The Concert Event, and Yanni Voices

Yanni Voices

Yanni Voices, is Yanni's 14th studio album and 5th live DVD, released in 2009. The album debuted on Billboard's Top 200 and #1 on the New Age chart. The Spanish version, Yanni Voces, debuted at #2 on Billboard's New Age chart, #5 on the Latin Pop chart, and #13 on the Latin overall chart.This...

tours.

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