Guitarist, pedagogue and composer, born and died in Racine (Wisconson). In World War II he served in the U.S. Army. He played several instruments, but was noted for his classical guitar. He studied guitar with Segovia at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. Afterwards he began playing concerts in the USA and in Canada. 1959 he won the first prize in the composers competition of the state of Wisconsin and the second prize in the guitar competition of the New York Classical Guitar Society. He gave regularly concerts and recorded som LP‘s. Yoghourtjian taught music at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, the University of Wisconsin in Parkside, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (student among others: Daniel Hecht).
(Rainer Stelle)