Sergey Khachatryan (also spelled Sergei Khachatryan; hy, Սերգեյ Խաչատրյան) (born 5 April 1985 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

) is an Armenian

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist. Since 1993 he has lived in Germany where he gave his first orchestral concert at the age of nine in the

Kurhaus, Wiesbaden The Kurhaus ("cure house", ) is the spa house in Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse, Germany. It serves as the city's convention centre, and the social center of the spa town. In addition to a large and a smaller hall, it houses a restaurant and the ...

. He made his

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debut on 4 August 2006, playing the

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under the baton of

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. In June 2013, he played

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's first Violin Concerto with the

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and

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conducting.

Prizes

*2000: 1st prize at the International

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...

Competition for Young Violinists *2000: 1st prize at the

International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition The International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, named after Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, is a competition for violinists up to age 30. It is held every five years in Helsinki. The first competition took place in year 1965, eight years after ...

(he is the youngest person who ever won) *2000: 2nd prize at the

International Fritz Kreisler Competition The International Fritz Kreisler Competition is a violin competition dedicated to the memory of violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler. Founded in 1979, it is carried out every four years in Vienna, Austria. It is limited to violinists of or under ...

*2002: 2nd prize at the Indianapolis International Violin Competition *2005: 1st prize at the

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition ( nl, Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, french: Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in Brussels. The competition is named after Queen ...

*2008: The Medal of Movses Khorenatsi (Armenia) *2010: Beethoven Ring Bonn *2012: Merited Artist of Armenia *2014: Awarded the 'Credit Suisse Young Artist Award' and was granted $82,000 At the Queen Elisabeth Competition, he won the 1708 "

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violin on loan to him from the

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for four years. Currently, he is using 1740 Guarneri Del Gesù Ysaÿe violin on loan to him from the

Recordings

He has six CDs at

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: *

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–

/ Khachaturian –

– Violin Concerto 1, Op. 77, No. 2, Op. 129 * Franck – Violin Sonata in A major/ Shostakovich – Violin Sonata, Op. 134 *

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: Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001–1006 (2010) *

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- Violin Sonatas Nos 1 - 3, with Lusine Khachatryan, piano (2012) * My Armenia -

Komitas Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, ( hy, Կոմիտաս; 22 October 1935) was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national scho ...

Krunk (The Crane) - Tsirani Tsar (Apricot Tree) - Seven Folk Dances.

Edvard Mirzoyan Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoyan ( hy, Էդվարդ Միքայելի Միրզոյան; May 12, 1921 – October 5, 2012) was an Armenian composer. Edvard Mirzoyan was born in Gori, Georgia. He called himself an atheist, but added, "There is only one plan ...

Introduction & Perpetuum Mobile.

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenian ...

Two dances from ballet Gayaneh. Arno Babajanian Six Pictures for Piano Solo. Edvard Baghdasaryan Rhapsody. (2016) He has a debut CD at

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, released October 7, 2002. Among the works on this CD are the

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...

D minor sonata and

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

's ''

Tzigane ''Tzigane'' is a rhapsodic composition by the French composer Maurice Ravel. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, great-niece of the influential violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim. The original instrumentati ...

'', both performed with pianist Lusine Khachatryan, his sister, as well as Chausson's '' Poeme'' and

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's '' Carmen Fantasy'', both performed with pianist Vladimir Khachatryan, his father.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khachatryan, Sergei 1985 births Armenian classical violinists Living people Musicians from Yerevan Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Armenian emigrants to Germany International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition prize-winners 21st-century classical violinists

Prizes

Recordings

References

Further reading

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