ARMEN GUZELIMIAN - Concert pianist, collaborative artist, master vocal coach
ORCHESTRAL APPEARANCES
Los Angeles Philharmonic 0rchestra
Los Angeles Chamber 0rchestra
Sydney Symphony 0rchestra
Nebraska Chamber 0rchestra
Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra
American Youth Symphony 0rchestra
California Chamber Symphony
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Santa Barbara Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTORS
Sir Neville Marriner
Stuart Challender
Bruce Ferden
Mehli Mehta
Varujan Kojian
Henri Temianka
Bogidar Avramov
Lawrence Leighton Smith
Rainer Miedel
Keith Clark
Frank Fetta
Stefan Kozinski
Nan Washburn
CHAMBER MUSIC & INSTRUMENTAL COLLABORATIONS
Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber music society Winds of Los Angeles Chamber 0rchestra
(music of Poulenc)
Members of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Angeles String Quartet
Rossetti String Quartet
Spokane String Quartet
Dilijan Chamber Music Series
Aspen Music Festival
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Steamboat Springs Chamber Music Festival
San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival
Violinists
Viktoria Mullova
Thomas Zehetmair
Ani and Ida Kavafian
Nina Bodnar
Dong Suk Kang
Yong Uck Kim
Daniel Heifetz
Andres Cardenes
Stephanie Chase
Iona Brown
Simone Porter
Roberto Cani
Movses Pogossian
Erich Gruenberg
Violists
Lars Tomter
Kim Kashkashian
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Cellists
Ruslan Biryukov
Jeffrey Solow
John Walz
Emmanuel Gruber
Clarinetists
Anthony McGill
Michelle Zukofsky
David Singer
VOCAL COLLABORATIONS
Recitals and Tours
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Lucia Popp
Peter Schreier
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Leona Mitchell
Florence Quivar
Catherine Malfitano
Jorma Hynninen
Rod Gilfry
Brian Asawa
Rinat Shaham
Faith Esham
Kelley O'Connor
Jubilant Sykes
Jonathan Mack
Dan Iordachescu
Margarita Castro-Alberty
Mani Mekler
Debut recital at Palais Lobkowitz in Vienna, Austria
Fox Theater, Spokane, Washington
Palais Garnier,
Paris, France
LOS ANGELES VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE
Co-Founder and Artistic Director – 10 years
Three commercial recordings. Midwest concert tour; NY Debut
TELEVISION AND MOVIE APPEARANCES
THE TONITE SHOW -
accompanying Placido Domingo (NBC)
SHORT CUTS -
a film by Robert Altman
prod. Peter Rosen- (PBS) (ARTE-Europe)
MUSIC OF ERNST TOCH -
2 Capriccetti (Classic Arts Showcase)
YOUNG AMERICAN PERFORMERS (PBS)
THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW -
with Lori Singer, actress/cellist
EDUCATION
AA Degree – Los Angeles City College
BA Degree in music - UCLA
- studied with Aube Tzerko (piano professor)
Natalie Limonick (Vocal Literature)
Mehli Mehta (Chamber music/orchestral studies)
Graduate studies - Cal State Northridge
– studied with Jakob Gimpel (piano professor)
Jakob Gimpel- private lessons and master classes
Rotary Foundation -
International Graduate Fellowship to Vienna
Completed piano studies at the renowned Vienna Music Academy
Photo by Philippe Morotti