Artist Info: Perch Jamkochyan

Perch Jamkochyan (Berj Zamkochian; Eastern Armenian: Պերճ Ժամկոչյան) (born April 20, 1929 in Boston; died February 23, 2004 in Boston) was an Armenian-American organist. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and eventually joined the faculty. In 1957, at the age of 27, he was appointed organist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra. His recordings of Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony and Poulenc's Organ Concerto with Charles Münch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra are regarded as classics. [read more...]