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 KAREN DURGARYAN
Conductor
KAREN DURGARYAN
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, graduated from the Yerevan State Conservatory in 1996.
A one-year course with Prof. Mousin at Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1997 much refined his conducting skills.
In 1995 he was appointed an Associate Conductor of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and used to be the Resident Conductor of the Yerevan Symphony Orchestra. He has taken advantage of many opportunities to advance his experience since then.
In 1996 Karen Durgaryan was the Music Director of "Britten and Armenia" International Music Festival in Yerevan.
Since 1997 he has been the music director and conductor of the Yerevan State Music Chamber Theater where he realized performances of Britten's "Golden Vanity", Orff's "Bernauer's Daughter" and Adjemian's "Kikos",.
In 1997 he performed at the Aldeburgh Festival, Great Britain, to the highest public acclaim.
In March 2001, Mr. Durgaryan assumed position of the Principal Conductor of the Armenian National State Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2001-2002 he made productions of the operas “Carmen” by Bizet and “Norma” by Bellini. The Norma’s latest performances took place at the Bolshoi Theater New Stage, Moscow, in January 2003.
In September-October 2002 he gave five concerts with the Symphony Orchestra of Cagliary Lyric Theater (Italy). In January 2003 being the assisting conductor to Maestro G. Rojdestvensky he performed the opera “Oprichnik” by P.I.Tchaikovsky at the Cagliary Lyric Theatre.
In March 2003 he performed with the Orchestra del Teatro Regio in Torino (Italy).
In May 2003 he made the production and has conducted 6 performances of “Don Giovanni” by
W.A. Mozart at the Opera Thessaloniki (Greece).
In October 2003 he has performed the Beethoven’s masterpieces with the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra and the Sao Carlos National Opera Company Choir in Lisbon (Portugal).
In November 2003 he made the production and has conducted three performances of the opera “Evgeni Onegin” by P.I.Tchaikovsky at the Teatro Verdi, Sassari (Italy).
Since March 2002 he is in the position of resident conductor of the Armenian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Under his direction the orchestra has done numerous recordings and performances.
Since 2000 he conducts major performances of Lebanese diva Fairuz, the greatest singer of Arabic world. Under his baton Fairuz accompanied by international symphony orchestra and choir has performed at the Beiteddine Festival’s three editions (2000, 2001, 2003). The CD “Fairuz Live at the Beiteddine 2000” produced by Ziad Rahbani with the EMI gets the highest international acclaim.
The Beiteddine concerts were followed by performances with Fairuz in the UAE (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006); Kuwait (2001); Basel (Switzerland, 2001); Paris (France, 2002); Mohegan Sun, Los Angeles, Detroit (USA, 2003); Doha (Qatar, 2003), Amman (Jordan, 2004); Montreal (Canada, 2005), Athens (Greece, 2007), Bahrain (2008). In 2008 maestro appeared with Ziad Rahbani accompanied by international symphony orchestra and choir in Syria with five concerts within the frames of the Damascus Festival of Arab Cultural Capital 2008.
In June 2005 at the Ataturk Culture Centre of Istanbul maestro Durgaryan has conducted two performances of the “Gayaneh” ballet by Aram Khachaturian during the Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre’s tour in Turkey.
On 24th June 2005 he has performed program of Sergei Prokofiev’s music at the Ravenna Festival (Italy) with the “Luigi Cherubini” Orchestra (Artistic Director – Riccardo Muti) and the Toradze Piano Studio’s soloists, including its internationally famous leader Alexander Toradze.
On 26th May 2006 in Russia maestro Durgaryan has opened the 11th International Musical Olympus Festival with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
On 29th October 2006 under the baton of Karen Durgaryan the Orchestra of Opera de Marseille has performed in the Dome an enchanting concert with internationally known Armenian composer Ara Gevorgian.
On 10th and 11th March 2007 maestro Durgaryan conducted another two concerts of Ara Gevorgian and the Silantiev State Grand Academic Orchestra (Moscow, Russia) in the Moscow Kremlin Grand Hall.
On 18th May 2007 Karen Durgaryan with the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice has performed masterpieces by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Arutyunian in Genoa, Italy.
In April-May 2008 Karen Durgaryan made his debut at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St.Petersburg: the opera “Evgeni Onegin” by P.I.Tchaikovsky was followed by eight performances of “Spartacus” Ballet by Aram Khachaturyan. Collaboration with the Mikhailovsky Theatre became closer: within further months the Donezetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” Opera production was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre stage in Moscow.
In July 2008 four performances of “Spartacus” took place at the London Coliseum.
In October-December 2008 - January 2009 Maestro Durgaryan has numerous engagements and tours with the theatre’s orchestra and ballet troupe including 5 ballet performances in Venice and 23 ballet performances and symphony concerts in Japan.
Another two ballet gala concerts were performed by maestro in Venice in February 2009.
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