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{{AAType |Image=RArmenian.jpg |Location=Ontario |Type=Person |Featured=No |Arts=Music, Classical Music |import ref=ImportFromWikipedia }} '''Raffi Armenian''', (born June 4, 1942) is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians Armenian]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canadian] conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher. Since 2008 he has been the director of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatoire_de_musique_du_Québec_à_Montréal Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal]. Armenian was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo Cairo] and had his first music lessons there, moving in 1959 to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna Vienna] to study piano with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Seidlhofer Bruno Seidlhofer]. After graduating, he put his musical studies aside and attended the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_London University of London] from 1962 to 1965, where he majored in metallurgy. He returned to the Vienna Academy of Music and studied from 1965 to 1969. In 1968, Armenian was one of two finalists at the International Competition for Young Conductors in Besançon, France. Armenian emigrated to Canada in 1969 to become the assistant conductor of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, located in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Halifax Halifax], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia Nova Scotia] .From 1971 to 1993, he was the Artistic Director and conductor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener-Waterloo_Symphony Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony]. Under Armenian's guidance, the K-W Symphony emerged by the mid-1970s as one of the most vital in Canada. Armenian acted as the musical director of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Festival Stratford Festival] from 1973 to 1976, and founded the Stratford Festival Ensemble (later renamed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Chamber_Ensemble Canadian Chamber Ensemble]) in 1974. Armenian made guest-conducting appearances with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestre_Symphonique_de_Québec Orchestre Symphonique de Québec] in 1974, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Symphony_Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Arts_Centre_Orchestra National Arts Centre Orchestra] in 1975, and conducted ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wozzeck Wozzeck]'' for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Opera_Company Canadian Opera Company] in 1977. In 1986, he was made a Member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada Order of Canada]. {{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffi_Armenian}}
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