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I wish to inform anyone interested of the memorial concert for my father, Vartan Manoogian. It will take place in Madison, WI, at Mills Concert Hall on the corner of Park and University at the Humanities Building of UW-Madison.
For those who do not know of him.
He was born in Baghdad June 5th, 1936. My grandfather Ivan settled the family there after escaping the Turks. At age 5 he began studies in violin with a Rumanian violinist and former student of George Enescu. He was the first concertmaster of the Baghdad philharmonic and gave countless concerts with the great Armenian pianist, Beatrice Ohadessian. He progressed to the point of attracting the attention of the French ambassador there who gave him an opportunity to attend the National Conservatory in Paris where he consequently won first prize with distinction. He then served as concertmaster of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and later the famed Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He earned a Master's degree from Julliard under the guidance of Ivan Galamian. In 1970, he began his teaching career at the North Carolina School of the Arts and then in 1980, he accepted a position at UW-Madison where he taught until his untimely death. There are many other accomplishments I could list on and on. Above and beyond that, he meant everything to me as a father and as a friend.
His surviving family is his sister Zovig of Philadelphia, and his brothers, Khatchig and Souren of LA, Hamo of Arizona, and Torkom of Jerusalem.
I hope that this informs Armenians who may not know of his death and those who may wish to attend the memorial concert. His former student, Manuel Guillen will give the american premiere of Zulema de la Cruz's violin concerto whose second movement is based on Armenian melodies. The concerto is a memoriam to my father.
God rest his soul.
For those who do not know of him.
He was born in Baghdad June 5th, 1936. My grandfather Ivan settled the family there after escaping the Turks. At age 5 he began studies in violin with a Rumanian violinist and former student of George Enescu. He was the first concertmaster of the Baghdad philharmonic and gave countless concerts with the great Armenian pianist, Beatrice Ohadessian. He progressed to the point of attracting the attention of the French ambassador there who gave him an opportunity to attend the National Conservatory in Paris where he consequently won first prize with distinction. He then served as concertmaster of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and later the famed Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He earned a Master's degree from Julliard under the guidance of Ivan Galamian. In 1970, he began his teaching career at the North Carolina School of the Arts and then in 1980, he accepted a position at UW-Madison where he taught until his untimely death. There are many other accomplishments I could list on and on. Above and beyond that, he meant everything to me as a father and as a friend.
His surviving family is his sister Zovig of Philadelphia, and his brothers, Khatchig and Souren of LA, Hamo of Arizona, and Torkom of Jerusalem.
I hope that this informs Armenians who may not know of his death and those who may wish to attend the memorial concert. His former student, Manuel Guillen will give the american premiere of Zulema de la Cruz's violin concerto whose second movement is based on Armenian melodies. The concerto is a memoriam to my father.
God rest his soul.
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