Are Constantine Orbelian and Ara Berberian both conductors?
Constantine Orbelian Constantine Garrievich Orbelian, Jr. (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան , Russian: Константин Гарриевич Орбелян , born San Francisco, 27 August 1956) is an American conductor and pianist of Armenian and Russian descent. He is named after his paternal uncle Konstantin Orbelyan, a major Armenian composer.
Black conductors Black conductors are musicians of African, Caribbean, African-American ancestry and other members of the African diaspora who are musical ensemble leaders who direct classical music performances, such as an orchestral or choral concerts, or jazz ensemble big band concerts by way of visible gestures with the hands, arms, face and head. Conductors of African descent are rare, as the vast majority are male and Caucasian.