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- ↑ Miller, Lynn. "Portrait of a Concert Pianist: Plainsboro to Carnegie Hall", Community News, January 23, 2009. Accessed October 2, 2017. "Her dream to be a concert pianist began early and by the time she was eight, she knew she would be a professional musician. Mariam Nazarian, 25, of Plainsboro was born into a family of musicians in Armenia.... Nazarian, who entered High School North with classmates in the school’s first graduating class (2001), attended classes as a freshman and sophomore."
