Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan to give a concert in Boston

PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 20, Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan will have a joint performance with Boston Pops Orchestra within "Armenian Soiree" 58th international festival framework. The 20-year-old cellist will feature excerpts from Aram Khatchaturyan's "Gayane" and "Spartacus" ballets, Ippolitov-Ivanov's "La Procession du Sardar", "Lara's Theme" from Maurice Jarre's Dr. Zhivago, Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo" theme for cello & orchestra.



Narek Hakhnazaryan was born in 1988 in Yerevan, Armenia, into a family of musicians. His early studies were at the Sayat-Nova School of Music in Yerevan with Zareh Sarkisyan.  At the age of 12, he began studies at the Moscow Conservatory with Alexey Seleznyov.



Narek Hakhnazaryan is a laureate of several international competitions, including First Prize in the 2006 Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Armenia, First Place in the 2006 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, and Fifth Prize at the 2007 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow.  He has received scholarships from the Rostropovich Russian Performing Arts Fund and has performed in Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Great Britain, Greece, Turkey and Canada.