Sergey Khachatryan (also spelled Sergei Khachatryan; hy, Սերգեյ Խաչատրյան) (born 5 April 1985 in
Yerevan) is an Armenian
violinist.
Since 1993 he has lived in Germany where he gave his first orchestral concert at the age of nine in the
Kurhaus, Wiesbaden.
He made his
New York City debut on 4 August 2006, playing the
Beethoven Violin Concerto in
Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of
Osmo Vänskä. In June 2013, he played
Shostakovich's
first Violin Concerto with the
Seattle Symphony and
Ludovic Morlot conducting.
Prizes
*2000: 1st prize at the International
Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists
*2000: 1st prize at the
International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition (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
*2008: The Medal of Movses Khorenatsi (Armenia)
*2010:
Beethoven Ring
Beethoven Ring is an annual award by the association "Citizens for Beethoven" of the city of Bonn. (Citizens for Beethoven) is Bonn’s largest cultural association. Its purpose is to promote Beethoven’s music and preserve his memory in the ci ...
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 "
Huggins"
Stradivarius violin on loan to him from the
Nippon Music Foundation for four years.
Currently, he is using 1740 Guarneri Del Gesù Ysaÿe violin on loan to him from the
Nippon Music Foundation.
Recordings
He has six CDs at
Naïve Records:
*
Sibelius –
Violin Concerto/
Khachaturian Khachaturian, Khachaturyan, Khachadurian or Khachatourian ( hy, Խաչատուրյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "cross bearer". People with the name include the following:
* Leon Khachatourian (born 1936), Iranian Armenian boxer
* Aram Khach ...
–
Violin Concerto
*
Shostakovich –
Violin Concerto 1, Op. 77,
No. 2, Op. 129
*
Franck Franck can refer to:
People
* Franck (name)
Other
* Franck (company), Croatian coffee and snacks company
* Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck
See also
* Franc (disambiguation)
* Franks
* Frank (disambiguation)
* Fran ...
–
Violin Sonata in A major/ Shostakovich –
Violin Sonata, Op. 134
*
J. S. Bach:
Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001–1006 (2010)
*
Johannes 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 wit ...
- Violin Sonatas Nos 1 - 3, with
Lusine Khachatryan, piano (2012)
* My Armenia -
Komitas Krunk (The Crane) - Tsirani Tsar (Apricot Tree) - Seven Folk Dances.
Edvard Mirzoyan Introduction & Perpetuum Mobile.
Aram Khachaturian Two dances from ballet Gayaneh.
Arno Babajanian
Arno Harutyunovich Babajanian ( hy, Առնո Բաբաջանյան; russian: Арно Арутюнович Бабаджанян; January 22, 1921 – November 11, 1983) was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist. He was made a People's Artist o ...
Six Pictures for Piano Solo.
Edvard Baghdasaryan
Edvard Baghdarsaryan ( hy, Էդուարդ Բաղդասարյան), also spelled as Eduard Baghdasarian (14 November 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Armenian composer born in Yerevan.Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, vol 2, p 253 He ...
Rhapsody. (2016)
He has a debut CD at
EMI Classics, released October 7, 2002. Among the works on this CD are the
Brahms D minor sonata and
Ravel's ''
Tzigane'', both performed with pianist Lusine Khachatryan, his sister, as well as
Chausson's ''
Poeme'' and
Waxman Waxman, or alternatively Wachsmann, is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Al Waxman (1935–2001), Canadian actor
* Alois Wachsman (1898–1942), Czech painter and architect
* Bedřich Wachsmann (1820–1897), Czech painter and ar ...
's ''
Carmen Fantasy'', both performed with pianist Vladimir Khachatryan, his father.
References
Further reading
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External links
Official website
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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