"Mazeppa" - Armenian pianist Kariné Poghosyan

The Armenian pianist Kariné Poghosyan has been described as extraordinary and larger than life pianist, whose playing goes to the heart of the music. She made her orchestral debut at 14 playing Beethovens Piano Concerto No.1, and her solo Carnegie Hall debut at 23.
She is the winner of the New West Symphony Discovery Artists Competition, the Thousand Islands International Piano Competition, CSUN Symphony Concerto Competition, the Artists International Auditions and was a top prize winner in the Los Angeles International Liszt Piano Competition, Five Towns Music and Arts Competition, and the Arno Babajanian Piano Competition.
Ms. Poghosyan is also the recipient of scholarships from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Glendale Symphony Orchestra, the Armenian Students Association of America, AGBU, and the Jacob and Bronislaw Gimpel Foundation.

Kariné Poghosyan has performed in recitals at Carnegie's Well Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Steinway Hall, the Trinity Church Concerts at One series, the Beverly Hills Sundays at Two series, the Valley Committee for the LA Philharmonic, the Bachs Lunch Recital Series in California, the Young Artists International Peninsula Festival in California, and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York. In the fall of 2007, she organized and performed a three-recital concert series at the Yamaha Piano Salon titled Twentieth Century Piano Sonata. Ms. Poghosyan has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the New West Symphony, Musica Bella Symphony Orchestra, and the CSUN Symphony.
She received her BM, summa cum laude, from California State University in Northridge, under Professor Françoise Regnat, and her MM and D.M.A. degrees at the Manhattan School of Music, under Dr. Arkady Aronov, completing her D.M.A. in record-breaking two years with thesis on Aram Khachaturian for Piano.

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[stephenpbrown]

How do you do that with only 10 fingers? (Or are you hiding some...) Remarkable. Thoroughly enjoyed listening/ watching.

[ZarehDarakjian]

A tour de force by Dr. Poghosyan! what a pianist!

[MrMrMikayel]

Bravo!

[Khachturabian]

Very nice Karine. You are super talented and I will check out your concerts for sure

[hyevideo]

OUTSTANDING!!