Music: Armenian pianists win top prizes at Riga International Piano Competition

Emil Lazarian 2019
Panorama, Armenia
Oct 22 2019
Culture 10:46 22/10/2019 Armenia

Armenian pianists Arthur Grigoryan and Armen Puchinyan won gold medals at 8th Riga International Competition for Young Pianists held on 12-15 October.

Both musicians are members of the Armenian and Artsakh state target program (Artistic Director – Honored Artist of Armenia Armen Babakhanyan), ANM Media reported.

Artur Grigoryan was awarded the 1st prize in the Best Solo Artist category, while Armen Puchinyan & Artur Grigoryan won the Piano Duo category. 

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