A recording of “Stefan Wolpe: Music for Violin and Piano” (1924-66) by violinist Movses Pogossian, a professor at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was cited by music critic Paul Driver of the Sunday Times (London) as one of the top 10 contemporary records in the Times' list of 100 best recordings of 2015.
An active chamber musician, Pogossian has performed with members of the Tokyo, Kronos and Brentano string quartets, and with such artists as Kim Kashkashian, Jeremy Denk, Lynn Harrell, Ani and Ida Kavafian, and Rohan de Saram. He frequently collaborates with the Apple Hill Chamber Players, teaching annually at their summer music festival in New Hampshire. He serves as the artistic director of the critically acclaimed Dilijan Chamber Music Series, which performs at Zipper Hall at the Colburn School of performing arts in downtown Los Angeles. His recent and upcoming performances include recitals in New York, Boston and Ann Arbor and concerts in Korea, Japan, Germany, Armenia and Cyprus.
Pogossian graduated with honors from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow and made his American debut in 1990, performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Boston Pops. He was a prize-winner of the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Competition, and the youngest ever First Prize winner of the 1985 USSR National Violin Competition.
