Armenian, Raffi 4.jun.1942- Egypt, Cairo
pianist, conductor, 1959 studied piano with Bruno Seidlhofer in Vienna Austria, 1965-1969 studied music at the Vienna Academy of Music, 1969 emigrated to Canada to become conductor of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in Halifax, 1971-1993 conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, 2008 director of the Conservatory of Quebec in Montreal