Rahbee was born and raised in Waltham Massachusetts . Her father , Peter Aharon Goolkasian , was a survivor of the 1915 Armenian Genocide . Rahbee began her early musical training as a pianist with Antoine Louis Moeldner , and continued study at Juilliard School as a piano major . She continued her work at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg in Salzburg , Austria . She later studied piano with David Saperton in New York and Lily Dumont , Russell Sherman , and Veronica Jochum in Boston . At age 40 , Rahbee began concentrating on composing and produced a large body of works . Her music has been described as " postserial in persuasion " , and marries influences of Armenian folk music , neo-tonal musicality and rhythmic drive . Maurice Hinson in '' Guide To The Pianist ’s Repertoire '' commented that Goolkasian-Rahbee 's pedagogical works for piano are among the finest such works
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee