Former Toronto Symphony concertmaster Gerard Kantarjian has died
Photo courtesy Queen Elisabeth Competition Violinist Gerard Kantarjian in 1959 Violinist Gerard Kantarjian, who has died aged 90, was born in 1931 to Armenian parents living in Cairo, where his first teacher Adolph Menashes. He moved to Italy to study with Váša Příhoda before winning a scholarship to join the class of Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute of Music when he was 22. Alongside his work as a soloist, Kantarjian spent a season as concertmaster of the American Symphony Orchestra and took up the same position at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1967. He remained in post for th...
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