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| Background information | |
| Born | 5 April 1985 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Western classical |
| Occupation | Concert violinist |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
| Website | sergeykhachatryan |
Sergey Khachatryan (also spelled Sergei Khachatryan; Armenian: Սերգեյ Խաչատրյան) (born 5 April 1985 in Yerevan) is an Armenian violinist.[1] Since 1993 he has lived in Germany where he gave his first orchestral concert at the age of nine in the Kurhaus, Wiesbaden.
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.[2] In June 2013, he played Shostakovich's first Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot conducting.[3]
- ^ "biography". Archived from the original on May 15, 2009.
- ^ "At Mostly Mozart, a Tousle-Haired Newcomer Joins a Returning Hero " by Steve Smith, The New York Times, August 7, 2006]
- ^ "Water Music" by Alex Ross, The New Yorker, pp. 92–93, 8 July 2013