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4-4 Azatoutian Street
0037 Yerevan, Armenia
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 Armen BABAKHANIAN
piano
A prize-winner at several of the world's most prestigious international piano competitions including the Leeds, the Van Cliburn, the Guardian Dublin, the William Kappell, the Gina Bachauer, and the World Piano Competition, Armen Babakhanian has captured the imagination of audiences and critics alike through the intensity and honesty of his performances.
Armen has given recitals in the USA, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Spain. He has appeared as soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Irish National Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra ( USA), Dallas Symphony, with Saint Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov, with Moscow Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev and the Israel Philharmonic.
Festival appearances include the Aspen, Interlochen, Santander and Baalbec music festivals. Babakhanian's performance of the Shostakovich Piano Quintet with the Takács Quartet during Santander Festival in Spain was named the best chamber music performance of the festival. He has recorded for the ASV and Real Sound labels and his performances have been broadcast on BBC, PBS (USA), ORF (Austria) and RAI (Italy) television networks. His recent recording of the Tchaikovsky piano sonatas has received rave reviews in the European press.
In addition to his performing career, Armen has served as jury member for several international piano competitions, including the Gina Bachauer, Prokofiev and the Rachmaninoff piano competitions. In 1999, he founded and served as Artistic Director for the Armenian Legacy International Piano Competition in Yerevan, Armenia. He has taught numerous master-classes in Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan and the United States. He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan, where he also received his musical education.
During the 2001/2002 season, Armen Babakhanian appeared in concerts in 17 cities in Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia and Finland. He also he had a concert tour in France which included a recital in Lyon's famed Salle De Molliere.
During 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 seasons, Mr. Babakhanian performed in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, USA, China, Lebanon, Syria, Japan, Israel, Lithuania and Argentina.
Armen Babakhanian has been appointed the Artistic Director of Yerevan International Piano Competition to be held in April-May 2007.
Has more than 15 CD productions.
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MAIN SOLO REPERTOIRE
BACH
Complete Partitas, WTK Book 1 & 2 (complete), Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
MOZART
Complete Sonatas, Variations in C Major and G major, Adagio in B minor,
Fantasy in C minor, Fantasy in D minor
BEETHOVEN
Complete Sonatas, 32 Variations
CHOPIN
Sonata # 2 in B flat major, Sonata # 3 in B minor, 24 Preludes, Complete Ballades
Complete Scherzos, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Valses, Rondos, 24 Etudes
SHUMAN
Fantasy in C major, Kinderszenen, Carnaval Op. 9
SHUBERT
"Wanderer" Fantasy in C Major
BRAHMS
Sonata # 3, Paganini Variations Book 1&2, Intermezzos Op 117, 118, 119
LISZT
Sonata in B minor, Funeralles, Complete Paganini Etudes,
FRANK
Prelude, choral and fugue
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exibition
RAKHMANINOV
24 Preludes, Sonata # 2, Variations on a theme of Corelli, Etudes-Tableau Op 39
TCHAIKOVSKY
Grand Sonata in G Major, Sonata in F sharp minor, Variations in F Major
PROKOFIEV
Complete Sonatas, Sarcasms, Etudes , Toccata
BERG
Sonata Op 1
BOULEZ
12 Notations, Sonata # 2
BARTOK
Sonata (1926), Suite Outdoors, Suite Op 14
TIPPETT
Complete Sonatas
BARBER
Sonata, Ballade
MESSIAEN
Preludes
KHACHATURIAN
Complete piano music
MAIN CONCERTO REPERTOIRE
BACH
Concerto in D minor, Concerto in F minor
HAYDEN
Concerto in D Major
MOZART
Complete Concertos
BEETHOVEN
Complete Concertos
CHOPIN
Concerto # 1 in E minor
BRAHMS
Concerto # 1 in D minor Op 15
SHUMAN
Piano Concerto in A minor
LISZT
Concerto # 2 in A Major, “Meloduction” for piano & chamber orchestra
GRIEG
Concerto in A minor
FRANK
Simphonic Variations
RAKHMANINOV
Complete Concertos
TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete Concertos
PROKOFIEV
Complete Concertos
BARTOK
Complete Concertos
RAVEL
Concerto for left hand
BARBER
Concerto
GERSHWIN
Concerto in F major, Rhapsody in blue
SHNITKE
Concerto for piano & String Orchestra
KHACHATURIAN
Concerto in D flat major, Concerto-Rhapsody |
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