Sergey Khachatryan

Sergey Khachatryan (also spelled Sergei Khachatryan; ; born 5 April 1985) is an Armenian classical violinist. He was born in Yerevan and since 1993 has lived in Germany, where he gave his first orchestral concert at the age of nine in the Kurhaus, Wiesbaden.

Career He made his New York City debut on 4 August 2006, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto in Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Osmo Vänskä. In June 2013, he played Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot.

Khachatryan has appeared with orchestras including the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.

In recent seasons, Khachatryan has performed with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI under Kazuki Yamada, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Olari Elts, the Orchestre National de France under Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Bamberg Symphony under Ludovic Morlot, the Rotterdam Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev, and at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan under Myung-whun Chung.

Khachatryan is also active as a recitalist and chamber musician. He regularly appears in duo with his sister, pianist Lusine Khachatryan. Their recital appearances have included the Wigmore Hall in London, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Brucknerhaus Linz, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, and Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. 2000: 1st prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition; at the time, he was the youngest person to win the competition 2005: 1st prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 2008: The Medal of Movses Khorenatsi, Armenia 2010: Beethoven Ring Bonn 2012: Merited Artist of Armenia 2014: Credit Suisse Young Artist Award

At the Queen Elisabeth Competition, he won the 1708 "Huggins" Stradivarius violin on loan to him from the Nippon Music Foundation for four years.

Recordings Khachatryan's debut CD for EMI Classics was released on 7 October 2002. The album included the Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor and Ravel's Tzigane, both performed with pianist Lusine Khachatryan, as well as Chausson's Poème and Waxman's Carmen Fantasy, performed with pianist Vladimir Khachatryan.