YEREVAN.- Loris Tjeknavorian has never been in any way associated with Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra, representative of Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra told Armenian News-NEWS.am in an e-mail letter.

Earlier Armenia-based Aravot daily reported that “Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra’s Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Loris Tjeknavorian recently resigned and returned to his place of birth, Iran”.

The matter is Loris Tjeknavorian was artistic director and chief conductor of the Glendale Symphony Orchestra in California, not Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra.

“In 2010 Tjeknavorian was appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Glendale Symphony Orchestra in California,” reads the bio posted on Tjeknavorian’s official website.