Maro Ajemian music during the 1940s, presenting annual concerts in such high-profile venues as Town Hall. These concerts were well reviewed by such critics as Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson, and Olin Downes, and served to launch Hovhaness into the national spotlight. She died of heart valve failure at the age of 57. Maro Ajemian Maro Ajemian (July 9, 1921 – September 18, 1978) was an American pianist. Ajemian's career in contemporary music grew from her Armenian heritage. She became known as a contemporary pianist after performing the U.S. premiere of Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, which she chose to play based on their
Maro Douka Prize for Literature for "Η πλωτή πόλη" (declining the latter). "Αθώοι και φταίχτες", was awarded the Balkanika Prize for Literature, the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Prize of the Academy of Athens and the Cavafy prize. She has also been awarded the N. Themelis prize for her last novel "Έλα να πούμε ψέματα". She is a founding member of the Hellenic Authors' Society. At the 2014 local elections, she was elected to the City Council of Athens under the "Anoihti Poli" Syriza ticket, led by the candidate Gabriel Sakellaridis. Maro Douka Maro Douka (; born 1947) is a Greek novelist. She