| 词条 | Maro Ajemian |
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Ajemian studied at the Juilliard School of Music. On March 14, 1942, she gave the American premiere of Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto in D flat with the Juilliard Graduate Orchestra under Albert Stoessel.[2] She later performed the piece on a cross-country tour. Following her performances of the Piano Concerto, Ajemian began meeting contemporary composers and, together with her sister, the violinist Anahid Ajemian, she became known as a champion of new music, presenting the premieres of many new works by American composers.[3] Among these were John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Henry Cowell, Ernst Krenek, Lou Harrison, and Gunther Schuller. Ajemian was particularly fond of the music of Hovhaness, a fellow Armenian American, and co-founded a New York City-based organization, the Friends of Armenian Music Committee, which promoted his music during the 1940s, presenting annual concerts in such high-profile venues as Town Hall. These concerts were well reviewed by such critics as Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson, and Olin Downes, and served to launch Hovhaness into the national spotlight. She died of heart valve failure at the age of 57. References1. ^TIME - The Armenian Sisters {{Laurel Leaf Award}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ajemian, Maro}}{{US-classical-pianist-stub}}2. ^Liner notes to the Moura Lympany/Anatole Fistoulari recording, Everest 3303 3. ^TIME - The Armenian Sisters 11 : 1921 births|1978 deaths|Juilliard School alumni|American classical pianists|American women pianists|American musicians of Armenian descent|Contemporary classical music performers|Place of birth missing|20th-century classical pianists|20th-century American pianists|20th-century women musicians |
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