| Sergey Khachatryan | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Classical, |
| Instruments | Violin |
Sergey Khachatryan (Armenian: Սերգեյ Խաչատրյան; also spelled Sergei Khachatryan) is an Armenian violinist. He was born in Yerevan in 1985. [1]
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. [2]
2000: 1st Prize at the International Louis Spohr Competition for young violinists [3]
2000: 1st Prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition (he is the youngest person who ever won)[1] [4]
2000: 2nd Prize at the International Fritz Kreisler Competition [3]
2002 : 2nd Prize at the Indianapolis International Violin Competition [5]
2005: 1st Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition [6]
At the Queen Elisabeth Competition, he won the 1708 "Huggins" Stradivarius violin on loan to him from the Nippon Music Foundation for four years. [3]
He has four CDs at Naïve Classique: [7]
1. Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto/Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto
2. Shostakovitch Violin Concerto 1,2
3. Franck Violin Sonata in A major/ Shostakovitch Violin Sonata, Op. 134
4. J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 (2010)
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, as well as Chausson's Poeme and Waxman's Carmen Fantasy, both performed with pianist Vladimir Khachatryan. (Lusine is Sergey's sister, born in 1983 [3] and Vladimir is Sergey's father.)