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Matthew Harikian

Biography

Matthew is earning his doctorate from University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where he studies with Kevin Fitz-Gerald and Ick-Choo Moon. He has appeared as a soloist with the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra and Opera San Luis Obispo Orchestra, and previously taught Music Theory at both Augsburg University and St. Olaf College. He won Second Prize in the 2017 Schubert Club Competition, Graduate Piano Division.

Journey to the Academy

Fresno, California Music Academy of the West

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