George Pehlivanian is a Lebanese

Lebanon

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-Armenian

Armenians

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 conductor

Conducting

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Biography

Born in Beirut

Beirut

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, Lebanon, in a musical family of Armenia

Armenia

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n origin he studied violin and piano from an early age. Pehlivanian emigrated to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 in 1975, worked as a violinist and later studied conducting with Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...

, Lorin Maazel

Lorin Maazel

Lorin Varencove Maazel is an American conductor, violinist and composer.- Early life :Maazel was born to Jewish-American parents in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France and brought up in the United States, primarily at his parents' home in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. His father, Lincoln Maazel , was...

 and Ferdinand Leitner

Ferdinand Leitner

Ferdinand Leitner was a German conductor. Leitner studied under Franz Schreker, Julius Prüwer, Artur Schnabel and Karl Muck. He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. Starting as a pianist, through the help of Fritz Busch, he became a conductor in the 1930s...

. George Pehlivanian also attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana

Accademia Musicale Chigiana

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 in Italy.

In 1991 he won the Grand Prize in the Besançon International Conductors' Competition

International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors

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 in France

France

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. From 2005 until 2008 he served as Chief Conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

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 and in 2007 he became Principal Guest Conductor of the Opera Theatre of Cagliari in Sardegna, Italy

Italy

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. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz as well as guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

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. He also held guest conducting positions with the Residentie Orchestra

Residentie Orchestra

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 and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Vienna Chamber Orchestra

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. He has also had a long relationship with the Spanish National Orchestra and recorded works by Rodrigo

Rodrigo

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 with the orchestra.

George Pehlivanian has been invited to conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

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, Philharmonia

Philharmonia

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, BBC Philharmonic

BBC Philharmonic

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, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. It was originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, and in Hebrew as התזמורת הסימפונית הארץ ישראלית The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit...

, Orchestra della Scala

La Scala

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, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. It is based at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. At various times it has been known as the Symphony Orchestra of the Augusteo and Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia and the...

, Orchestra Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

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, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra providing music for Radio France. It specializes in contemporary music and was founded in 1937.- Names of the orchestra :*Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France...

, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra is the main orchestra in the principality of Monaco...

, Spanish National Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra

RTVE Symphony Orchestra

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, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

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, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

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 and Russian National Orchestra

Russian National Orchestra

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 among others, and collaborated with soloist such as Paul Badura-Skoda

Paul Badura-Skoda

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, Anne Akiko Meyers

Anne Akiko Meyers

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, Janine Jansen

Janine Jansen

Janine Jansen is a violinist. She began to study the violin at age 6. Her father and both her brothers are also musicians. Her mother is a classical singer and is a sister of the bass Peter Kooy...

, Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak

Dubravka Tomšic Srebotnjak

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, Maxim Vengerov

Maxim Vengerov

Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a violinist, violist, and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union.-Youth:Born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to a family with musical tradition....

, Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky is a Latvian cellist.Maisky began studies at the Leningrad Conservatory and later with Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory whilst pursuing a concert career throughout the Soviet Union. In 1966 he won 6th Prize at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition. In 1970,...

 and Leonidas Kavakos

Leonidas Kavakos

Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek virtuoso violinist .-Beginnings:Born in Athens into a musical family, Kavakos began studying violin at five years old and continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes...

. Mr. Pehlivanian has recorded for Virgin Classics/EMI

EMI

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, CHANDOS

Chandos Records

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, Studios SM and BMG

BMG

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He currently lives between Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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 and Paris

Paris

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, where his family lives.