Sergey Khachatryan & Lusine Khachatryan
Biography Sergey Khachatryan & Lusine Khachatryan
Sergey Khachatryan
born in Yerevan, Armenia, Sergey Khachatryan won First Prize at the VIII International Jean Sibelius competition in Helsinki in 2000, becoming the youngest ever winner in the history of the competition. In 2005 he claimed First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
In recent seasons, Sergey has performed with the Bamberger Symphoniker (Herbert Blomstedt and Jonathan Nott), Munich Philharmonic (James Gaffigan), Swedish Radio Symphony (Valcuha), Mariinsky Orchestra (Valery Gergiev) and Orchestre de Paris (Andris Nelsons). He has also collaborated with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Sydney Symphony and Melbourne Symphony.
Sergey’s most recent appearances in the US were with the Seattle Symphony (Ludovic Morlot) and National Symphony Orchestra (Washington) (Vasily Petrenko). He has also visited the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony as well as the Ravinia, Blossom and Mostly Mozart Festivals.
Sergey enjoys a particularly close relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductors with whom he has worked both in London and on tour include Sir Charles Mackerras, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Esa Pekka Salonen, Tugan Sokhiev and Juraj Valcuha. He returns in 2013/14 for the Berg Concerto with David Afkham. Other highlights in the season include projects with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony and Orchestre de Paris.
With his sister Lusine Khachatryan Sergey has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Theatre des Champs Elysees and Cite de la Musique (Paris), Auditori Nacional Madrid, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Philharmonie Luxembourg, Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall (New York) and Herbst Theater (San Francisco). The duo embarks on a major recital tour in spring 2014 performing Brahms’ three Sonatas for Violin and Piano.
Sergey’s discography on Naïve Classique includes the Sibelius and Khachaturian concerti with Sinfonia Varsovia and Emmanuel Krivine, both Shostakovich concerti with the Orchestre National de France and Kurt Masur, a recording of the Shostakovich and Franck sonatas for violin and piano and the complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by J.S. Bach. A disc of the Brahms sonatas for violin and piano was released in June 2013.
Sergey plays the 1740 ‘Ysaÿe’ Guarneri violin on kind loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
He is the recipient of the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award 2014.
Lusine Khachatryan
successful international concert performances have inspired audiences in such venues as: Alte Oper in Frankfurt/Main; Friedrich-Thiersch-Saal / Kurhaus in Wiesbaden; Herkulessaal in Munich; Liederhalle in Stuttgart; Tonhalle in Zürich; Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Louvre, Salle Gaveau and Théâtre des Champes-Élysees in Paris; Wigmore Hall in London; Flagey and Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, National Concert Hall in Dublin; Palau de la Musica in Barcelona; Auditorio Nacional Madrid; Carnegie Hall in New York; Grande Théâtre de Québec; Oscar Peterson Hall in Montreal; HOAM Art Hall in Seoul; Oji Hall in Tokyo and the A. Khachaturyan Concert Hall in Erevan.
Lusine Khachatryan has received numerous awards and recognition during her artistic development period. Among them are: the Musical Advancement Award of the Baden Cultural Foundation in 1999; the Scholarship of the Friends Circle of the Music Academy of Karlsruhe in 2000; and a special grant from the German foundation, Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben in 2001.
She is a prizewinner in the International Piano Competition in “Città di Ostra”, “Città di Marsala”, in Italy (2003), and in the 2 European Piano Competition in Normandy, Ouistreham and Le Havre, France (2009).
Lusine Khachatryan has performed in many renowned festivals such as Chopin Year Festival (Erevan, Armenia); the I Festival del Mediterrani (Valencia, Spain); the Vladimir Nielsen Piano Festival and the Ravinia Music Festival (USA); the Musikfest Bremen and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany); Edinburgh International Music Festival (Scotland); the International Music Festival “Bartok + Mozart” (Miskolci, Hungary); the “Snow and Symphony” Music Festival (St. Moritz, Switzerland); and the “Nuit du Succee” (Cannes, France).
She is an equally compelling performer with Chamber and Symphony orchestras having performed with the Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra under R. Gazarian, the Orchestra Regional de Cannes under P. Bender, the Warsaw Sinfonia Orchestra under P. Csaba, the “Euregio” Chamber Orchestra under V. Khachatryan, the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra under E. Topchian, and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nacional del Ecuador under A. Manzano.
Lusine Khachatryan also performs regularly as duo-partner with her brother, renowned violinist Sergey Khachatryan. With him she has recorded Sonatas for Violin and Piano by C. Franck and D. Schostakovitch on the French label Naïve and their “Debut CD” on EMI Classics.
