Isaiah Aram Minasian

Isaiah Aram Minasian
Background information
Native name	Եսայիա Մինասյան اشعیا میناسیان
Born	(1986-02-28) 28 February 1986 Brighton, East Sussex, England
Origin	British/Armenian
Genres	Classical music
Occupation(s)	Musician- non_vocal_instrumentalist
Instruments	Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Piano
Years active	2004-present

Isaiah Aram Minasian ( Isaiah/aɪˈzaɪ.ə/(Hebrew name)| in Armenian Եսայիա Մինասյան | in Persian اشعیا میناسیان) born 28 February 1986), is a British violinist and cellist.

Biography

Minasian was born in 1986 Brighton, United Kingdom to a musical family. His mother Maria Salari, is a violinist /cellist and his grandfather was a pianist. Minasian began playing the violin at the age of five on the training of his mother and after continued educating with some famous violin teachers as Arsalan Kamkar, in Iran.^[1] He participated in some classical performances with Tehran symphonic orchestra in conducting of Shahrdad Rohani,^[2] a well-known Iranian conductor. In year 2010, he moved to Paris and entered the Conservatoire National Superieur Musique de Paris in the masterclasses of Ami Flammer and Frederic Laroque, and concurrently attended courses of chamber music with Itamar Golan, Emmanuelle Bertrand and Philippe Bernold.^[3] Afterwards he continued his studies on music at Sorbonne school of Music and Musicology,^[4] where he's founded as a talented pupil and was awarded to continue his studies at Juilliard school of music and dance, in New York. From the year 2011 to 2014 he played at Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in conducting of Myung-whun Chung.^[5] In there, Minasian was also the third assistant conductor over two years. From the year 2012 to 2014, he was the master soloist of Sorbonne Symphonic Orchestra. Now he is the student of Doctorate in Musical Arts(Violin, D.M.A.) at The Juilliard School, New York, United States. He plays on a "Pietro Antonio dalla Costa" violin from Treviso made in 1763. His deep lyrical feeling and captivating virtuosity, bring out each facet of the pieces into the most beautiful, stirring, exciting and difficult words in the repertoires.

Education

• 2008 B.A in Painting, Tehran University of Art, Iran
• 2010 M.A in Plastic Art, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy
• 2013, DNSPM of Music and Musicology. L'Universite Paris-Sorbonne(Paris IV), Paris, France
• 2014-current, student of Doctorate in Musical Arts(Violin, D.M.A.) at The Juilliard School, New York, United States

Honors

• 2007, won the 2nd prize at the 9th Beijing Music Festival BMF in Beijing, China.
• 2008, won the 2nd prize at the International Foundation "Parnassus" in Paris, France.
• 2011, won the 1st prize Norwegian Soloists MMES Oslo, Norway.
• 2011, won the 3rd prize in Cello playing at Lisker Music Foundation, London, UK.
• 2011-2014: violinist at Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.
• 2012-2014: master soloist of Sorbonne Symphonic Orchestra.
• 2013, won the full scholarship for violin soloist of Juilliard Music School.
• 2014, won the 3rd prize at Long-Thibaud-Crespin International Competitions of violin soloists in Paris, France.
• 2014, received the honorary award of cello playing from Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 2014, won the 1st award for cello ensemble playing at BBC Young Musician Contest (BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four), Edinburgh, UK.
• 2014, received award of top 20 cellists at International Rostropovich Cello Competition (in memorial of Pablo Casals) Paris, France.
• 2014, Semi-finalist of violinists at Concours Jeunes-Artistes de Radio-France(France Musique) Paris, France.

References

External links

• Violinists Directory Violinist.com
• Musician-Violinist CV
• Viadeo.com
• Paris-sorbonne.fr
• Plus.google.com
• Upcoming concerts of Minasian
• میناسیان نوازنده پر افتخار ایرانی ارمنی