Şahan Arzruni
| Şahan Arzruni | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 June 1943 (age 73) Istanbul, Turkey (Armenian) |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, writer |
| Instruments | Classical piano |
Şahan Arzruni 
i// (Armenian: Շահան Արծրունի; born 8 June 1943) is an ethnic Armenian classical pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, lecturer, writer and producer, residing in New York City.
Arzruni (also transliterated as Artsruni), whose family name belongs to an ancient Armenian nobility, was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He received his general education at Esayan and Getronagan Armenian Lyceums, and graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory [now Istanbul University State Conservatory], where he studied piano with Ferdi Statzer and harmony with Raşit Abed.
He moved to New York in 1964 to study further at the Juilliard School of Music on a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. There his principal teachers were Sascha Gorodnitzki in piano, Felix Galimir in chamber music, and Joseph Bloch in piano literature. Arzruni graduated from Juilliard, earning his bachelor's degree in 1967 and a master's degree in 1968. Arzruni has also pursued doctoral studies at New York University.
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