What is the heritage of both Maro Ajemian and Armen Chakmakian?
Maro Ajemian Maro Ajemian (July 9, 1921 – September 18, 1978) was an American pianist. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from her Armenian heritage; she became known as a contemporary pianist after performing the U.S. premiere of Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, which she chose to play based on the fact that Khachaturian was Armenian.
Armen Der Kiureghian Armen Der Kiureghian (Armenian: Արմէն Տէր-Կիւրեղեան , 10 April 1947), is an Iranian-born Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of American University of Armenia (2015), Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.