A young Armenian violinist has been named the “Best Young Musician in the World.”
It is not the first time that Armenian musicians have become known on the world’s prestigious stages, earning the recognition and love of demanding audiences and bringing renown to our country as well.
Sergey Khachatryan, the Armenian violinist who has achieved worldwide recognition, has received the annual award of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse, being named the “Best Young Musician in the World.”
The award ceremony for the violinist took place in Vienna on 18 January. The jury was headed by Michael Haefliger, artistic director of the Lucerne Festival.
At the same time, Sergey Khachatryan also received a prize in the amount of 75,000 Swiss francs, one of the “most substantial” awards in the musical field. The award also entails that the violinist will take part in a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. It will take place on 13 September under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel. The Swiss bank’s latest public post on the Google+ platform refers to the young Armenian musician, congratulating him on his success and recognition.
Sergey Khachatryan was born in Yerevan in 1985 and received his education in Würzburg and Karlsruhe. He first drew attention to himself in 2000, when he won the 8th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, at the same time becoming the youngest artist ever to receive it. In 2005, Sergey Khachatryan won the First Prize of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. Over the past years, he has taken part in numerous concerts in Europe and the United States with the greatest orchestras, such as the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, and the philharmonic orchestras of London, New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
Sergey Khachatryan’s last concert in Yerevan took place on 15 September 2013, when he performed at the Aram Khachatryan Concert Hall with the Armenian State Youth Orchestra. Sergey Khachatryan plays the “Isa” violin made by G. Guarneri in 1740, which was lovingly provided to him by the Japanese Nippon Music Foundation.
