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Tigran
Vardanyan was born in 1977 in Yerevan, Armenia. He began his violin
studies with his father at the age of six. Later he attended the Sayat
Nova School of Music and the Tchaikovsky Specialized Music School,
studying with Professors Levon Zorian and Villy Mokazian. While still very
young, Tigran was given opportunities to perform as a soloist with the
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Armenian Chamber Orchestra, and the
Armenian TV and Radio Orchestra.
In
1994 Tigran immigrated to the USA upon his acceptance on full scholarship
to study with the renowned Ukrainian violinist, Abram Shtern, at the
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, CA. Since 1995,
Tigran regularly performs in Chihuahua, Mexico. He has performed the
concertos by Bach, Mozart, Bruch, and Sibelius with the Chihuahua State
Philharmonic Orchestra, and has given numerous solo recitals. In 1996
Tigran moved to Rochester, NY to study at the Eastman School of Music with
Professor Zvi Zeitlin and in 1999 also joined Professor Oleh Krysa's
Studio.
Tigran
is a winner of many competitions and awards, such as First Prize in the
1991 and 1993 Armenian National Competitions, the Gold Medal in the 1992
Amadeus Competition for Young Artists, the Leni Fe Bland Foundation Award,
the Maurice Sklar Music Scholarship, the "Encourage" Award from
the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the 1996 and 1997 Starling
Foundation Awards at the Eastman School of Music, and two Concerto
Competitions as a result of which he performed the Shostakovich Violin
Concerto No. 1 with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra under the
direction of David Gilbert and the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Christopher
Seaman.
Since
1998, Tigran has been a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. In
addition to his career with the Rochester Philharmonic, Tigran performs
frequently in various concert venues as a soloist and chamber musician.
His
repertoire includes concertos by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruch,
Brahms, Sibelius, Paganini, Wieniawski, Vieuxtemps, Shostakovich,
Szymanowski, Glazunov, Khachaturian, and numerous recital programs.
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