Astrig Siranossian (born 19 December 1988) is a French

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Biography

In 2015, she was invited to spend three years as an artist in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in

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, as well as for the Singer-Polignac Foundation. She has performed at the

Philharmonie de Paris The Philharmonie de Paris () () is a complex of concert halls in Paris, France. The buildings also house exhibition spaces and rehearsal rooms. The main buildings are all located in the Parc de la Villette at the northeastern edge of Paris in the ...

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in Vienna, KKL Luzern, Basel Casino,

Dijon Opera Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earliest archaeological finds ...

, Flagey in Brussels, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Kennedy Center Washington. Here recordings have been mentioned in mainstream media. Recordings made in 2018 for the

Claves Records Claves Records is a Swiss classical record label, which was founded in 1968 by Marguerite Dütschler-Hüber (1931–2006) in Thun. History Marguerite Dütschler-Hüber founded Claves with business partner Ursula Pfaehler when her piano teacher ...

label include concertos from A. Khachaturyan and K. Penderecki and received 5 diapasons, 5 Classica stars as well as the Clef du mois ResMusica Award. In 2016, she released an album dedicated to F. Poulenc, G. Faure and

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

accompanied by pianist Theo Fouchenneret. She plays a Ruggieri cello from 1676, loaned by the Boubo Music Foundation from Switzerland.

Awards

* 1998: Royaume de la Musique First Prize * 2012: Winner of the

Antonio Janigro Antonio Janigro (21 January 19181 May 1989) was an Italian cellist and conductor. Biography Born in Milan, he began studying piano when he was six and cello when he was eight. Initially taught by Giovanni Berti, Janigro enrolled in the Milan C ...

s Music Contest * 2013: Winner of the Banque Populaire Foundation Contest * 2013: 1st Prize and special prizes at the K. Penderecki Contest * 2014: Kiefer Hablitzel Prize * 2016: Musica Prize * 2017: Coup de cœur by the Belgian Television

Discography

* 2012: Celli Monighetti/ LCMS 1202 * 2016: Poulenc, Fauré, Komitas; Théo Fouchenneret/Claves Records 1604 * 2018: F. Schubert/Evidence * 2018: Cello Concerto Khachaturyan, Penderecki;

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, Adam Klocek/Claves Records 1802

References

External links

Astrig Siranossian - Armenian National Music
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siranossian, Astrig 1988 births Living people Musicians from Lyon French women classical cellists French classical cellists French people of Armenian descent 21st-century French women musicians 21st-century French cellists