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1989

 

Nareh Arghamanyan is a renowned classical pianist who has captivated audiences around the world with her virtuosic performances and sensitive interpretations of the classical repertoire. Born on April 26, 1989, in Yerevan, Armenia, Arghamanyan showed an early aptitude for music and began studying piano at the age of five. Arghamanyan's talent was quickly recognized, and she was accepted into the Tchaikovsky School of Music in Yerevan, where she studied with the renowned pianist Alexander Gurgenov. She continued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in Germany, where she worked with the pianist and pedagogue Ralf Nattkemper. Arghamanyan's career as a concert pianist began to take off in the early 2000s, when she won several prestigious international competitions, including the Montreal International Music Competition, the Piano Campus International Competition in Pontoise, France, and the Jose Iturbi International Music Competition in Valencia, Spain. These victories brought her to the attention of the classical music world, and she began to receive invitations to perform with major orchestras and at major festivals around the world. One of Arghamanyan's most notable performances came in 2008, when she made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. She performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, a notoriously difficult piece that requires both technical virtuosity and emotional depth. Arghamanyan's performance was widely praised for its technical brilliance and its sensitive interpretation of the work's emotional themes. Arghamanyan has also performed with other major orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. She has collaborated with many of the world's leading conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Charles Dutoit. In addition to her work as a soloist, Arghamanyan is also an accomplished chamber musician. She has performed with many of the world's leading chamber ensembles, including the Tokyo String Quartet, the Borromeo String Quartet, and the Jerusalem Quartet. She has also collaborated with other soloists, including violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Gautier Capuçon. Arghamanyan's repertoire is wide-ranging, encompassing works by composers from the Baroque era to the present day. She is particularly known for her interpretations of the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Franz Liszt, and Frederic Chopin. She has also championed the music of lesser-known composers, including the Armenian composer Arno Babajanian. Arghamanyan's performances have been widely praised for their technical brilliance, their emotional depth, and their musical intelligence. Critics have noted her ability to bring out the subtleties and nuances of the music she plays, as well as her ability to convey the emotional power of the music to her audiences. Arghamanyan has received many awards and honors throughout her career. In addition to her competition victories, she has been awarded the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Prix d'Honneur at the Verbier Festival, and the Artur Rubinstein Prize at the Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. Arghamanyan's recordings have also received critical acclaim.

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