ABOUT NAZIG TCHAKARIAN
	EDUCATION
	RECITALS
	TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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  ABOUT NAZIG TCHAKARIAN

A native of Bulgaria, Nazig Tchakarian began playing the violin at the age of five. She holds a Bachelors of Music degree from the Louisiana State University and a Masters of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is currently a Doctoral student at the Stony Brook University. Her principal teachers include Kevork Mardirossian, Paul Kantor, and Philip Setzer. Nazig is a prizewinner of national and international competitions in Bulgaria, Europe and the United States. She has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras, including Louisiana Sinfonietta, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Texas Festival Orchestra, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra. She was also featured on a tour in Spain performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Rousse Symphony Orchestra. Nazig has given recitals in Bulgaria, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Holland and the United States, including a recital in Carnegie Hall in May 2008.

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EDUCATION

• Stony Brook University (2008-present)
  DMA in Violin Performance

• Cleveland Institute of Music (2007)
  MM in Violin Performance

• Louisiana State University (2005)
  BM in Violin Performance

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RECITALS

• Staller Center for the Arts Recital Hall - Stony Brook, NY

• Carnegie Hall - New York, NY

• Kulas Hall -Cleveland, OH

• Harkness Chapel -Cleveland, OH

• LSU Recital Hall - Baton Rouge, LA

• LSU Recital Hall - Baton Rouge, LA

• “Bulgaria” Chamber Hall -Sofia, Bulgaria

• Bulgaria State Academy Concert Hall - Sofia, Bulgaria

• NMU “Lubomir Pipkov” Recital Hall - - Sofia, Bulgaria

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Faculty at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

• Teaching assistant at the Cleveland Institute of Music

• Violin instructor at Acadiana Symphony Conservatory of Music

• Private violin instructor

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