Manoug Parikian (15 September 1920 - 24 December 1987) was a British concert violinist and violin professor.

Early life

Parikian was born in

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parents. He studied in

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Career

Parikian made his solo début in 1947 and led several orchestras - the

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(1947–48),Mitchell (2004), p. 487 London's

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(1949–57), the Yorkshire Sinfonia from 1976 to 1978 - and was musical director of the

Manchester Camerata The Manchester Camerata is a British chamber orchestra based in Manchester, England. A sub-group from the orchestra, the Manchester Camerata Ensemble, specialises in chamber music performances. The orchestra's primary concert venue is The Bridg ...

from 1980 to 1984. He also led the

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Orchestra between 1949 and 1951, and participated in various Aldeburgh Festival concerts as a chamber musician as well as in opera productions. He was an admired teacher at the

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. He also championed contemporary composers, many of whom wrote works for him: examples include

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's ''Colloquy'' (1960),

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's Violin Concerto No. 2,

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's Violin Concerto (1961–62) and

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's Violin Concerto.

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also composed for Parikian a cadenza to Mozart's Adagio for Violin and Orchestra K261 in 1951, and was assisted by Parikian when revising the solo part of his own

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, originally composed in 1938-39.

Personal life

In 1957, he married the musician turned antiquarian bookseller Diana Carbutt, who was divorced from the conductor

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, with whom she had one son, the clarinettist

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, and one daughter, the writer Susie Harries. They had two sons together. Parikian died in Oxford in 1987, aged 67. On the day of his death (Christmas Eve) BBC2 featured a performance of his, in the Antonio Stradivari Gala Celebration. His death was announced after the broadcast.

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