Armenian conductor Aram Gharabekyan dies in US

Armenia's Ministry of Culture reports with a deep sorrow that renowned conductor Aram Gharabekyan has died unexpectedly in the United States.

He was aged 58.

The US-born musician was the artistic director and principal conductor of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. In 1983 he founded and until 1991 directed and conducted the Boston SinfoNova Orchestra.

As a guest musician, he has been the principal guest conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, and appeared with the Sinfonietta München. He has also led the Ukrainian National Symphony, the Ukrainian State Opera and Ballet, the West Ukrainian Philharmonic, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Fresno Philharmonic, Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra and Hangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. 

He was a merited artist of the Republic of Armenia and a holder of the Movses Khorenatsi medal.

_{Biographic notes from Wikipedia.}