Kariné Poghosyan made her orchestral debut at 14, playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and her solo Carnegie Hall debut at 23. Since then she has gone on to win numerous awards and perform in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls. Poghosyan’s musical studies began in her native Yerevan in Armenia at the School of the Arts No. 1 and continued at Romanos Melikian College and the Komitas State Conservatory. After moving to the U.S. in 1998, she received her B.M., summa cum laude, from Cal State Northridge followed by her M.M. and D.M.A. degrees at Manhattan School of Music. In fact, she completed her D.M.A in a record-breaking two years with a thesis on Aram Khachaturian’s works for piano. Poghosyan is currently based in New York, where she teaches at the Manhattan School of Music. -- Armenian Weekly