- Şahan Arzruni
Şahan Arzruni (Armenian: Շահան Արծրունի, pronounced Sha-HAN Ards-roo-NEE) is an Armenian pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, lecturer and producer.
Arzruni was born in
Istanbul , Turkey on June 8, 1943. He moved to New York in 1964 to study further at theJuilliard School of Music and eventually has appeared in many television radio broadcasts, including theJohnny Carson andMike Douglas Shows, a number ofPBS specials, and has recorded for European radio networks, including theBBC . Arzruni has given command performances at theWhite House , as well as the British, Danish, Swedish, and Icelandic courts.Arzruni researches traditional Armenian music and has recorded a three-disc anthology of Armenian piano music, and co-produced an eight-disc set of instrumental and vocal Armenian music. He also delivered papers and organized symposia for such institutions as
Harvard University ,Columbia University andUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor . Şahan Arzruni is the author of books and a contributor of articles for academic journals; he has also written for various editions of TheNew Grove Dictionary and theDictionary of the Middle Ages .Şahan Arzruni has performed with
Victor Borge , playing the role of straight man in Borge's concerts during the 1970s, and appeared with Borge at the 1980Royal Variety Show Command Performance where the pair performed Borge's classic comedic arrangement for duet piano ofLiszt 's SecondHungarian Rhapsody .Arzruni holds degrees from The
Juilliard School and has pursued doctoral studies atNew York University .ources
*"Victor Borge Live at the London Palladium" (1972)
* [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Sahan_Arzruni Sahan Arzruni's Armeniapedia entry]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/a/arzruni_sahan.shtml Sahan Arzruni at theBBC comedy guide]
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