Maro Ajemian (July 9, 1921 – September 18, 1978) was an American pianist. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from the fact that she is of Armenian descent.. Ajemian studied at the Juilliard School of Music and beginning in the 1940s, together with her sister, the violinist Anahid Ajemian, she became known as a champion of new music, presenting the premieres of many new works by American composers.

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  • Maro Ajemian (July 9, 1921 – September 18, 1978) was an American pianist. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from the fact that she is of Armenian descent.. Ajemian studied at the Juilliard School of Music and beginning in the 1940s, together with her sister, the violinist Anahid Ajemian, she became known as a champion of new music, presenting the premieres of many new works by American composers. Among these were John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Henry Cowell, Ernst Krenek, Lou Harrison, and Gunther Schuller. On March 14, 1942, she gave the American premiere of Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto in D flat, with the Juilliard Graduate Orchestra under Albert Stoessel. Ajemian was particularly fond of the music of Hovhaness, and co-founded a New York City-based organization, the Friends of Armenian Music Committee, which promoted his music during the 1940s, presenting annual concerts in such high profile venues as Town Hall. These concerts were well reviewed by such critics as Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson, and Olin Downes, and served to launch Hovhaness into the national spotlight. She died of heart valve failure at the age of 57.
  • Maro Ajemian est une pianiste américaine d'origine arménienne. Elle étudie à la Juilliard School of Music et fait ses débuts dans les années 1940. Avec sa sœur, la violiniste Anahid Ajemian, elle se fait la championne de la musique contemporaine, créant plusieurs œuvres nouvelles de compositeurs américains : John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Henry Cowell, Ernst Krenek, Lou Harrison, et Gunther Schuller. Elle affectionnait particulièrement la musique de Hovhaness (un Arménien-Américain comme elle), et cofonda une association à New York, les Amis de la musique arménienne, qui roganisait des concerts, par exemple à Town Hall. Ces concerts étaient appréciés de critiques tels que Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson, et Olin Downes, et lancèrent la carrière de Hovhaness en le propulsant dans un cercle de lumière d'envergure nationale. Maro Ajemian est morte d'une faiblesse de la valve cardiaque en 1978, à 57 ans.
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  • Maro Ajemian (July 9, 1921 – September 18, 1978) was an American pianist. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from the fact that she is of Armenian descent.. Ajemian studied at the Juilliard School of Music and beginning in the 1940s, together with her sister, the violinist Anahid Ajemian, she became known as a champion of new music, presenting the premieres of many new works by American composers.
  • Maro Ajemian est une pianiste américaine d'origine arménienne. Elle étudie à la Juilliard School of Music et fait ses débuts dans les années 1940. Avec sa sœur, la violiniste Anahid Ajemian, elle se fait la championne de la musique contemporaine, créant plusieurs œuvres nouvelles de compositeurs américains : John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Henry Cowell, Ernst Krenek, Lou Harrison, et Gunther Schuller.
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  • Maro Ajemian
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