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Tania Achot-Haroutounian – 3rd Prize winner, 6th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1960). Tania Achot-Haroutounian began piano lessons at the age of eight in her hometown, Teheran. At 14 she left Iran for France, where she entered the Paris Conservatoire to study with Lazare Lévy. She also took some lessons in Poland with Professor Henryk Sztompka.

In 1955, Ms. Achot-Haroutounian participated in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She made it through stages one and two but failed to qualify to the finals. Five years later, in 1960, she again entered the competition and this time was awarded 3rd prize.

Between her appearances at the Chopin Competitions, she participated in the ARD International Music Competition in Munich where she was awarded an honorary diploma (1956), the Music Performance Competition in Geneva, reaching the semi-finals (1958), and twice at the Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris (1959 with 6th prize, and 1965 – no award).

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