vn, *1948
Musician of Classical
A.k.a. Ani Kavafian
Ani Kavafian (born May 10, 1948, Istanbul) is a classical violinist and professor at the Yale School of Music.Kavafian was born in Istanbul to parents of Armenian descent. In 1956 she moved with her family to Detroit, by which time she had begun playing piano. She began on violin at age nine, studying under Ara Zerounian and Mischa Mischakoff. She studied at Juilliard from 1966 under Ivan Galamian and Sally Thomas. She debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1969 and in Paris in 1973, the same year she won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Her sister, Ida Kavafian, also studied at Juilliard, and the two have played together frequently in concert over the course of their careers. Ani toured through the 1970s, and taught at the Manhattan School of Music and the Mannes College of Music i
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Musica Da Camera Italiana | James Buswell, Annie Kavafian, Barbara Westphal, Antonio Lysy, Esko Laine, Ida Maria Turri | 1993 | Album |
Marlboro Festival, String Quintets Op. 18 & 87 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jaime Laredo, Annie Kavafian, Heiichiro Ohyama, Kim Kashkashian, Sharon Robinson | 1990 | Album |
Brahms: String Quintet In G; Clarinet Quintet | Chamber Music Northwest, Annie Kavafian | 1989 | Album |
Sonata For Violin And Piano / Three Visions Of Saint Mesrob | Annie Kavafian | 1987 | Album |
Mozart: Duo / Moszkowski: Suite / Sarasate: Navarra | Annie Kavafian & Ida Kavafian With Jonathan Feldman | 1986 | Album |
Verklärte Nacht - String Trio - Santa Fe Music Festival | Arnold Schoenberg - Annie Kavafian, Yuuko Shiokawa, Daniel Phillips, Walter Trampler, Heiichiro Ohyama, Ralph Kirshbaum, Timothy Eddy | 1982 | Album |
Robert White Sings Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert White, Yo-Yo Ma, Annie Kavafian, Samuel Sanders | 1979 | Album |
Quintets, Opp. 18 & 87 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Jaime Laredo, Annie Kavafian, Heiichiro Ohyama, Kim Kashkashian, Sharon Robinson | 1978 | Album |
Nine Songs By Charles Ives / Songs By Theodore Chanler, Norman Dello Joio, Irving Fine, Robert Ward | William Parker • Dalton Baldwin • Annie Kavafian | 1978 | Album |
The Philip M. Faucett String Prize of Young Concert Artists presents the recording debut of Ani Kavafian in works by Fritz Kreisler | Annie Kavafian, Charles Wadsworth | Album |