Mourad Amirkhanian (born 6 July 1974) is an Armenian lyric artist residing in France, who has been performing under the name Adam Barro since 2015.

Life

Born in

Gyumri Gyumri (, ) is an urban municipal community and the List of cities and towns in Armenia, second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th centur ...

, after his studies and specialization at the Higher Conservatory of Armenia, this young

bass-baritone A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three ...

, graduated from the

École normale de musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The school was founded in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot and Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (English: no ...

en 2004. He also attended master-classes by prestigious masters such as

José van Dam Joseph, Baron Van Damme (born 25 August 1940 in Brussels), known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone, described as having "a magnificent resonant and expressive voice" and being "an excellent actor". Life and career At the age of 17, h ...

Renata Scotto Renata Scotto (24 February 1934 – 16 August 2023) was an Italian soprano, opera director, and voice teacher. Recognised for her sense of style, her musicality, and as a remarkable singer-actress, Scotto is considered to have been one of the pr ...

François le Roux François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1 ...

, Caroline Dumas, Mireille Alcantara and Dalton Baldwin. Several concerts, including a recital held in February 2006 at the Salle Cortot in Paris, with the participation of soprano Claire Parizot and pianist Genc Tukiçi, have established him as one of the most promising international artists of his generation in the music world.

Work

Amirkhanian recorded Verdi's ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...

'' in cinematographic version as Sparafucile (DVD issued in 2003) and '' Samson and Delilah'' as Abimelech (DVD issued in 2007). On 23 November 2008, he participated with several other artists and the Euridys chamber orchestra in the souvenir gala held at the to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the

1988 Armenian earthquake The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake (), occurred on December 7 at with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X (''Devastating''). The shock occurred in the northern region of Armenia (then ...

. In order to make lyrical music accessible to as many people as possible, he created the Fa-Sol-La association in 2006, which made it possible, among other things, to organize a concert in memory of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia. On December 8, 2013, he performed, with the cellist

Dominique de Williencourt Dominique de Williencourt is a French Cello, cellist and composer, born in Lille in 1959. Works * ''Abraham and Isaac'', opus 7, for baritone, flute and string orchestra. First performed in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, February 20 ...

salle Gaveau The Salle Gaveau, named after the French piano maker Gaveau, is a classical concert hall in Paris, located at 45-47 rue La Boétie, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is particularly intended for chamber music. Construction The plans for t ...

in Paris, at a recital entitled "Merci la France ! It is Armenia that remembers - 25 years later.... The earthquake in Armenia". In 2017, he was one of the founding members of the Inter Hallier Center. In February 2018, he won the first prize 2018 in the international performing arts festival and competition "Stars of the Albion" (professional category). In September 2019, with the soprano Anna Kasyan, he was the head of the concert organized in tribute to

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 ...

in the Church of the Madeleine in Paris. In May 2024, he is "the prophet" in ''The Apocalypse of Icare'', an opera in four scenes by

, in world premiere in Paris, at the

Cirque d'hiver The Cirque d'Hiver ("Winter Circus"), located at 110 rue Amelot (at the juncture of the rue des Filles du Calvaire and rue Amelot, Paris 11th arrondissement of Paris, 11ème), has been a prominent venue for circuses, exhibitions of dressage, musica ...

.https://resonances-lyriques.org/lapocalypse-dicare-cirque-dhiver-bouglione/

References

External links

Official website

Salle Gaveau

Mourad Amirkhanian - Larinda e Vanesio
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Amirkhanian, Mourad 1974 births Living people People from Gyumri École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni 21st-century Armenian male opera singers Operatic bass-baritones Armenian emigrants to France

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