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Vanadzor-born pianist Nareh Arghamanyan on East Coast tour
by Ara Arakelian
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-10-13-vanadzor-born-pianist-nareh-arghamanyan-on-east-coast-tour-
Published: Saturday October 13, 2012
Nareh Arghamyan. Courtesy image by Julia Wesely
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Boston - When she takes the stage at the Calderdwood Hall of the
Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston on Sunday, October 21, Nareh
Arghamanyan would be making her professional debut. It won't be the
23-year-old pianist's first concert in Boston, however.
She played a recital in 2004 at age 14 at the Longy School of Music in
Cambridge, MA, under the auspices of Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and
Educational Association. And in 2008, after capturing the first prize
at the coveted International Montreal Music Competition, she performed
with the Boston Pops for the Armenian Night at the Pops.
Born in Vanadzor, Armenia, Arghamanyan has played the piano since the
age of five. Three years later she began her studies with Alexander
Gurgenov at the Tchaikovsky Music School for Talented Children in
Yerevan. In 2004 she was the youngest student to be admitted to the
University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she studied
with Heinz Medjimorec and continues chamber music studies with Avo
Kouyoumdjan. She has attended the prestigious summer studies program
both at Tanglewood in Massachusetts and the Marlboro Music Festival in
Vermont. Since 2010, she has been working with Arie Vardi in Hannover,
Germany. Nareh is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes,
including the 2007 Piano Campus International Competition in Pontoise,
France, and the Jose Roca Competition in Valencia, Spain.
Now under professional management on both sides of the Atlantic,
Arghamanyan is in her 2nd season of artistic engagements, a busy
schedule of recitals and soloist appearances around the world.
Highlights include a recent performance of the Saint-Saens' second
piano concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich with Sir Neville
Marriner, and upcoming appearances with the Gewandhaus Orchestra of
Leipzig under Riccardo Chailly, and performances with Oslo Opera
Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra as well as the Vancouver; Columbus,
Ohio, and Utah Symphony Orchestras. Last season, she appeared as
soloist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Chamber
Orchestra and in recitals in such esteemed venues as the Berlin
Philharmonie and Tonhalle Zurich.
Nareh's performances have prompted enthusiastic response. The
Independent of London commented: "Arghamanyan's playing is compulsive,
emotional yet remarkably 'complete' for such a young musician... -
sensitive, unaffected, genuine." And the Los Angeles Times raved about
her "clarity of articulation, firm tone and emotional restraint."
In April 2012 Nareh Arghamanyan released her debut recording with solo
works by Rachmaninoff for the Dutch label Pentatone. This is followed
by a Liszt concerto disc (to be released this month) with the Berlin
Radio Symphony Orchestra and Alain Altingolu. Previously the Analekta
label released a disc of the sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Liszt to
great acclaim. In the liner notes for the solo Rachmaninoff album,
Nareh writes about her convictions and affinity for the composer's
music: "I think American writer Kurt Vonnegut may have been inspired
by Rachmaninoff's artistry when he prescribed his own epitaph `the
only proof he needed for the existence of God was Music.' If my
performances can elicit even a single soul to ponder the same
thoughts, I would feel gratified."
Sunday's performance at the Gardner museum will feature music of Bach
(partita No. 2 in c-minor), the Fantasiestucke Op. 12 by Schumann and
a set of Etude Tableaux by Sergei Rachmaninoff. More information about
the concert can be found at www.gardnermuseum.org.
Ms. Arghamanyan repeats her recital program in Philadelphia on October
24 at the American Philosophical Society, presented by the
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (www.pcmsconcerts.org), and in New
York on October 28 at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theatre
(www.lcgreatperformers.org).
by Ara Arakelian
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-10-13-vanadzor-born-pianist-nareh-arghamanyan-on-east-coast-tour-
Published: Saturday October 13, 2012
Nareh Arghamyan. Courtesy image by Julia Wesely
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Boston - When she takes the stage at the Calderdwood Hall of the
Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston on Sunday, October 21, Nareh
Arghamanyan would be making her professional debut. It won't be the
23-year-old pianist's first concert in Boston, however.
She played a recital in 2004 at age 14 at the Longy School of Music in
Cambridge, MA, under the auspices of Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and
Educational Association. And in 2008, after capturing the first prize
at the coveted International Montreal Music Competition, she performed
with the Boston Pops for the Armenian Night at the Pops.
Born in Vanadzor, Armenia, Arghamanyan has played the piano since the
age of five. Three years later she began her studies with Alexander
Gurgenov at the Tchaikovsky Music School for Talented Children in
Yerevan. In 2004 she was the youngest student to be admitted to the
University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she studied
with Heinz Medjimorec and continues chamber music studies with Avo
Kouyoumdjan. She has attended the prestigious summer studies program
both at Tanglewood in Massachusetts and the Marlboro Music Festival in
Vermont. Since 2010, she has been working with Arie Vardi in Hannover,
Germany. Nareh is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes,
including the 2007 Piano Campus International Competition in Pontoise,
France, and the Jose Roca Competition in Valencia, Spain.
Now under professional management on both sides of the Atlantic,
Arghamanyan is in her 2nd season of artistic engagements, a busy
schedule of recitals and soloist appearances around the world.
Highlights include a recent performance of the Saint-Saens' second
piano concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich with Sir Neville
Marriner, and upcoming appearances with the Gewandhaus Orchestra of
Leipzig under Riccardo Chailly, and performances with Oslo Opera
Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra as well as the Vancouver; Columbus,
Ohio, and Utah Symphony Orchestras. Last season, she appeared as
soloist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Chamber
Orchestra and in recitals in such esteemed venues as the Berlin
Philharmonie and Tonhalle Zurich.
Nareh's performances have prompted enthusiastic response. The
Independent of London commented: "Arghamanyan's playing is compulsive,
emotional yet remarkably 'complete' for such a young musician... -
sensitive, unaffected, genuine." And the Los Angeles Times raved about
her "clarity of articulation, firm tone and emotional restraint."
In April 2012 Nareh Arghamanyan released her debut recording with solo
works by Rachmaninoff for the Dutch label Pentatone. This is followed
by a Liszt concerto disc (to be released this month) with the Berlin
Radio Symphony Orchestra and Alain Altingolu. Previously the Analekta
label released a disc of the sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Liszt to
great acclaim. In the liner notes for the solo Rachmaninoff album,
Nareh writes about her convictions and affinity for the composer's
music: "I think American writer Kurt Vonnegut may have been inspired
by Rachmaninoff's artistry when he prescribed his own epitaph `the
only proof he needed for the existence of God was Music.' If my
performances can elicit even a single soul to ponder the same
thoughts, I would feel gratified."
Sunday's performance at the Gardner museum will feature music of Bach
(partita No. 2 in c-minor), the Fantasiestucke Op. 12 by Schumann and
a set of Etude Tableaux by Sergei Rachmaninoff. More information about
the concert can be found at www.gardnermuseum.org.
Ms. Arghamanyan repeats her recital program in Philadelphia on October
24 at the American Philosophical Society, presented by the
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (www.pcmsconcerts.org), and in New
York on October 28 at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theatre
(www.lcgreatperformers.org).