KIM KASHKASHIAN IS NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY
12:14, 7 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Renowned violist, American-Armenian
musician Kim Kashkashian has been nominated for prominent Grammy Music
Awards in the category of Best Classical Instrumental Solo. As reports
“Armenpress” citing the official site of Grammy Music Awards, among
the nominees there are such outstanding performers as Andras Schiff,
Jory Vinikour, Claudio Cruz, and Hansjorg Albrecht.
Kim Kashkashian studied the viola with Karen Tuttle. She also studied
at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She won the 2nd prize at the
1980 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the 1980 ARD
International Music Competition in Munich. She has been featured on
over 30 albums and performs pieces from both classical and contemporary
composers, working among others with Gidon Kremer and Yo Yo Ma, the
Vienna Philharmonic and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She is a winner of a
number of international contests. Kim Kashkashian currently teaches
at the New England Conservatory in the United States of America.
The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 10, 2013.
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