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EXCITING NEW ARTISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN 'MUSICAL ARMENIA' CONCERT
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/27/exciting-new-artists-to-participate-in-musical-armenia-concert/
March 27, 2013
By Lucy Ishkanian
NEW YORK-On Fri., April 19, the highly anticipated Musical Armenia
concert series presented by the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church and the Prelacy Ladies' Guild will take place in Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. The concert is featuring
two young musicians who have already established their presence on
the American and international music scenes: Nune Melikian, violinist,
born in Siberia, and Narine Ojakhyan, soprano, born in Yerevan.
Nune Melikian Nune Melikian, a child prodigy, began her musical
studies with piano lessons at the age of four, and at the age of six
entered Grigoriy Freivert's violin class. One year later she made
her orchestra debut in the Great Hall of the Philharmonic Society of
Kazan. Melikian's talent continued to develop in the Central Music
School in Moscow, the Gnessin Music College, and later at the Moscow
Conservatory. She received a two-year scholarship to continue her
studies at the University of Montreal in Canada with Prof. Vladimir
Landsman, receiving her master's degree in 2011. She is currently
studying with Prof. Albert Markov in New York.
Melikian has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral
violinist throughout Russia, Europe, and Canada. She has received
grants from the Vladimir Spivakov Musical Fund and the David Oistrakh
Musical Fund. She has also participated in music festivals and master
classes, including the "Stars of XXI Century" with Vladimir Spivakov
in Moscow, Copenhagen, Denmark and Rome, Italy.
Narine Ojakhyan, a graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory in the
studio of Marianna Harutiunyan, continued her education at the Royal
Academy of Music in London, and received her post-graduate diploma
in performance and her master's degree from the opera program. She
has studied with Joy Mammen and Jonathan Papp at the Royal Academy,
and coached with renowned artists Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Fredrica Von
Stade, Barbara Bonney, and Dennis O'Neill.
In the summer of 2012, Ojakhyan was chosen to participate in the
Caramoor Festival. She has also participated in the Verbier Festival
2010 in Switzerland, performing the operatic roles of Mimi in "La
Bohème," Susanna in "Le Nozze di Figaro" under the baton of Sir Colin
Davis and John Copley, and the title role in "Lucia di Lammermoor"
for the Iford Arts in England. She has also won several competitions,
including the Opera Rara Patric Schmid Bel Canto Prize in London
and third place of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
(Western region) in 2010.
Narine Ojakhyan With such credentials, the audience will surely
experience and enjoy a beautiful concert program of selections
from the classical and Armenian repertoire. The concert begins at 8
p.m. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased through the Carnegie Hall
Box Office or by calling the Prelacy at (
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/27/exciting-new-artists-to-participate-in-musical-armenia-concert/
March 27, 2013
By Lucy Ishkanian
NEW YORK-On Fri., April 19, the highly anticipated Musical Armenia
concert series presented by the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church and the Prelacy Ladies' Guild will take place in Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. The concert is featuring
two young musicians who have already established their presence on
the American and international music scenes: Nune Melikian, violinist,
born in Siberia, and Narine Ojakhyan, soprano, born in Yerevan.
Nune Melikian Nune Melikian, a child prodigy, began her musical
studies with piano lessons at the age of four, and at the age of six
entered Grigoriy Freivert's violin class. One year later she made
her orchestra debut in the Great Hall of the Philharmonic Society of
Kazan. Melikian's talent continued to develop in the Central Music
School in Moscow, the Gnessin Music College, and later at the Moscow
Conservatory. She received a two-year scholarship to continue her
studies at the University of Montreal in Canada with Prof. Vladimir
Landsman, receiving her master's degree in 2011. She is currently
studying with Prof. Albert Markov in New York.
Melikian has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral
violinist throughout Russia, Europe, and Canada. She has received
grants from the Vladimir Spivakov Musical Fund and the David Oistrakh
Musical Fund. She has also participated in music festivals and master
classes, including the "Stars of XXI Century" with Vladimir Spivakov
in Moscow, Copenhagen, Denmark and Rome, Italy.
Narine Ojakhyan, a graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory in the
studio of Marianna Harutiunyan, continued her education at the Royal
Academy of Music in London, and received her post-graduate diploma
in performance and her master's degree from the opera program. She
has studied with Joy Mammen and Jonathan Papp at the Royal Academy,
and coached with renowned artists Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Fredrica Von
Stade, Barbara Bonney, and Dennis O'Neill.
In the summer of 2012, Ojakhyan was chosen to participate in the
Caramoor Festival. She has also participated in the Verbier Festival
2010 in Switzerland, performing the operatic roles of Mimi in "La
Bohème," Susanna in "Le Nozze di Figaro" under the baton of Sir Colin
Davis and John Copley, and the title role in "Lucia di Lammermoor"
for the Iford Arts in England. She has also won several competitions,
including the Opera Rara Patric Schmid Bel Canto Prize in London
and third place of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
(Western region) in 2010.
Narine Ojakhyan With such credentials, the audience will surely
experience and enjoy a beautiful concert program of selections
from the classical and Armenian repertoire. The concert begins at 8
p.m. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased through the Carnegie Hall
Box Office or by calling the Prelacy at (
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress