Sergey Khachatryan
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Sergey Khachatryan (Armenian: Սերգեյ Խաչատրյան; also spelled Sergei Khachatryan) is an Armenian violinist. He was born in Yerevan in 1985.
2000: 1st Prize at the International Louis Spohr Competition for young violinists
2003: 1st Prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition (he is the youngest person, who ever won)
2nd Prize at the International Fritz Kreisler Competition
2005: 1. Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
At the Queen Elisabeth Competition, he won the 1708 "Huggins" Stradivarius violin on loan to him from the Nippon Music Foundation for four years.
He has two CDs at Naïve Classique:
1. Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto/Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto
2. Shostakovitch Violin Concerto 1,2
And one debut CD at EMI Classics.
He made his New York City debut on August 4, 2006, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto in Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Osmo Vänskä.
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