Ruben Aharonyan

Ruben Mikaeli Aharonyan^[a] (born 24 May 1947) is an Armenian classical violinist. Born in Riga, Latvia, He has won second prize at the Enescu Competition in Bucharest and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1974, second prize). He is a professor at Yerevan State Conservatory and the first violinist of the Borodin Quartet since 1996.

Ruben Aharonyan Ռուբեն Ահարոնյան
Born	(1947-05-24) 24 May 1947 (age 77) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical
Occupation	Violinist
Instrument	Violin

Aharonyan studied at the Moscow State Conservatory with Yuri Yankelevich, and afterwards became a student of Leonid Kogan. In 1982 Aharonyan became the artistic director of National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. He has toured throughout Europe, North, and South America.

Awards

• People's Artist of Armenia (1980)
• State Prize of Armenia (1988)
• State Prize of Russia (2001)

Books

• (in Russian) И. Л. Золотова. Рубен Агаронян. — Ереван: Советакан грох, 1989. — 148 стр.

Notes

1. • Armenian: Ռուբեն Միքայելի Ահարոնյան, romanized: Ṛuben Mikʻayeli Aharonyan
   • Latvian: Rubens Agaronjans
   • Russian: Рубен Микаэлович Агаронян, romanized: Ruben Mikaelovich Agaronyan
   • Sometimes given as Aharonian

External links

• The Borodin Quartet official page