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July 1 2011
Armenia’s Narek Hakhnazaryan wins XIV International Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow
July 01, 2011 | 07:33
YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Narek Hakhnazaryan won XIV International
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Hakhnazaryan won a gold medal and a
prize of EUR 20,000.
Hakhnazaryan also took the audience award for an incredible
performance on the cello.
Edgar Moreau of France took the second place and received EUR 15,000,
while Ivan Karizna from Belarus took a bronze medal and EUR 10,000.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, conductor Mark Gorenstein
insulted Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan at the rehearsal of XIV
International Tchaikovsky Competition..
`It is none of your concern what this `talented’ boy, this aul plays,
you should play with me,’ conductor of State Academic Symphony
Orchestra of Russia, Mark Gorenstein told the orchestra at a rehearsal
on June 25. Gorenstein`s expression insulted journalists that were
present on the rehearsal and made the incident public. Later
Gorenstein apologized for his behavior and confessed he had no
intentions to make nationalistic speech
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