A number of Iran’s leading music artists and cineastes attended the opening gala held on Oct. 9. […] Tjeknavorian was also honored with the lifetime achievement award during the gala.
Tjeknavorian has made nearly 100 recordings and written more than 75 compositions, including symphonies, operas, requiems, chamber music, ballet music, concertos, choral works and an oratorio.
He has conducted international orchestras throughout the world in numerous countries including Austria, the UK, the US, Canada, Hungary, Finland, the former USSR, Armenia, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Denmark. […] The literary opera, Rostam and Sohrab and the requiem Departed and the Survived are among his best-known works.
Tjeknavorian has received numerous international awards such as Austria’s Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class.
Video: Face to Face – Iran music maestro Loris Tjeknavorian talks to PressTV (1 and 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSfCha9DR7k
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