Concert - A Tribute to Art: Artashes Mkrtchyan 75/55

On April 16 at 19:00, a юбилейный concert will take place at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth and the 55th anniversary of the artistic career of violinist Artashes Mkrtchyan. Artashes Mkrtchyan and his students will perform during the concert. Pianists: Hasmik Ter-Antonyan, Shushan Arevshatyan. Program: * Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Violin and Piano Artashes Mkrtchyan * Ernest Chausson – Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25 Artashes Mkrtchyan * Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dance No. 1 Viktoria Sosyan (7th grade) * Maurice Ravel – “Tzigane” Mariam Hakobyan (11th grade) * Eugène Ysaÿe – Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 Lilya Kyurkchyan (12th grade) * Claude Debussy – “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” Sergei Rachmaninoff – Serenade Lilit Melkonyan (1st year Bachelor’s) * Fritz Kreisler – Recitative and Scherzo Jemma Manukyan (2nd year Bachelor’s) * Eugène Ysaÿe – Elegiac Poem Arusyak Arevshatyan (1st year Master’s) * Eugène Ysaÿe – Sonata for Solo Violin No. 6 Elen Mamikonyan (2nd year Master’s) About Artashes Mkrtchyan Artashes Mkrtchyan is a laureate of the All-Union Competition and the Borodin Quartet Competition, Professor at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, founder of the Aram Khachaturian String Quartet, and a soloist of the Armenian Philharmonic. He studied under one of the greatest violinists of his time, Jean Ter-Merguerian. Throughout his career, he has performed extensively with leading symphony and chamber orchestras worldwide and has participated in prestigious international festivals. He has been the first performer of numerous works by Armenian composers, many of which were written specifically for and dedicated to him. Today, many of Mkrtchyan’s students work in leading musical institutions in Armenia and abroad, with several achieving international recognition as violinists.   Organizer: SNCO “National Centre of Chamber Music”