A 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition winner and youngest-ever First Prize winner of the 1985 USSR National Violin Competition, previous winners of which included David Oistrakh and Gidon Kremer, Movses Pogossian has since established a multi-faceted career as a soloist, avid chamber musician, champion of new music, and a sought-after teacher. Movses Pogossian made his American debut performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Boston Pops in 1990. He has since appeared with prominent orchestras worldwide, as a recitalist in major halls of USA and Europe, and as a chamber musician with the members of the Tokyo, Kronos, Brentano, Borromeo string quartets. Movses Pogossian has been frequently featured on National Public Radio and has recorded for Bridge, Summit, Melodia, and Albany labels. He is currently Professor of Violin at UCLA, and is also the Artistic Director of the new Dilijan Chamber Music Series at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Movses lives in Glendale with his wife, LA Philharmonic violinist Varty Manouelian, and their three children.