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including Meiko Miyazawa Award, Yamaha President’s Award (Japan), Nodar Gabunia Award, Glenn E. LeClair Graduate Piano Award Born in Armenia, Henrik started (USA), and Zodiac Music Academy’s Chamber playing the violin at the age of Musician Award (France). Yuta is a graduate six, enrolling in music classes at of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Oberlin Spendiarian Special Music School. Conservatory of Music, B.M., University of In 2000, as a member of the “Serenade” Michigan, M.M., and the University of Kansas, Chamber Orchestra Henrik traveled to perform DMA. He is a native of Kyoto, Japan. Yuta across Europe. In 2002, Henrik came to the currently teaches at Steinway Arts Academy, United States to pursue his graduate degree at and is an Artist in Residence at Steinway Piano Wayne State University’s Music Department. Gallery of Detroit. While at Wayne, he led the orchestra as its BILLY McALLISTER concertmaster and was featured as a soloist September 8 on many occasions. In 2007, Mr Karapetyan received a full scholarship and teaching I grew up in Michigan and appointment to attend doctoral studies at have been singing and playing the University of Michigan School of Music, piano since I was 8 years old. Theatre and Dance. At the age of 20 I began a 15-year career as a singer and piano player in YUTA SUGANO bands, then 10 years as a one-man band before July 29 spending 20+ years in a sing along/comedy Hailed as “poetic and colorful,” concept called dueling pianos. That led me pianist Yuta Sugano is rapidly to playing in piano bars aboard Holland and gaining international recognition Carnival Cruise Lines. Finally, in January of 2017 and he has appeared as a soloist in I began performing my Sinatra Tribute Show Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, “Frankie and the Crooners” in Michigan and Japan, Russia, Spain, and the U.S. Yuta began have now expanded to Florida for the winter his piano studies at the age of five, and by age months. Besides senior living facilities I sing in twelve he made his concerto debut performing various city Chamber concert series, festivals, with the Kansai Philharmonic Symphony restaurants and in 55+ gated communities. I Orchestra in Japan. He has since been a truly love this show, and I know "I've got the recipient of numerous prizes and scholarships World on a String”! 9
HENRIK KARAPETYAN July 14
