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The Southland Times (New Zealand)
November 13, 2014 Thursday
Acclaimed cellist to play at Civic Theatre
One of the world's most promising musicians will visit Invercargill
later this month.
Acclaimed Armenian star cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan will join the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra for its In the Hall of the Mountain King
concert at the Civic Theatre on November 26.
Mentored by Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the greatest cellists of the
20th century, 26-year- old Hakhnazaryan took First Prize and the Gold
Medal in the cello portion of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky
Competition and three years earlier won first prize in the Young
Concert Artists International Auditions.
Born into a family of musicians, his father is a violinist and his
mother is a pianist, he entered the Moscow Conservatory at age 12.
Critics around the world have been enthusiastic in their praise, with
Britain's Independent newspaper describing him playing with "a tone
whose beauty shone all the more brightly for its restraint and when he
did let rip, it was with blazing virtuosity", before adding that "he
could certainly give Yo-Yo Ma a run for his money".
The accolades have been just as forthcoming across the other side of
the Atlantic, with the Washington Post hailing him as a "seasoned
phenom" and the New York Times praising him for his "intense focus and
expressive artistry".
Hakhnazaryan will perform Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme
with the NZSO, a cello and orchestra piece that the Russian composer
wrote in homage to Mozart. It has been described as a challenging
piece that "puts a cellist through a no- break-allowed, high-register
ordeal". The evening's programme will also include works by Mozart and
Greig, including the latter's Peer Gynt Suite No 1 that features the
short orchestral piece that the title of the NZSO's South Island
concert tour is taken from.
The NZSO's In the Hall of the Mountain King tour hits Invercargill's
Civic Theatre at 7.30pm on Wednesday, November 26. Tickets via
ticketdirect.co.nz.
From: Baghdasarian
November 13, 2014 Thursday
Acclaimed cellist to play at Civic Theatre
One of the world's most promising musicians will visit Invercargill
later this month.
Acclaimed Armenian star cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan will join the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra for its In the Hall of the Mountain King
concert at the Civic Theatre on November 26.
Mentored by Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the greatest cellists of the
20th century, 26-year- old Hakhnazaryan took First Prize and the Gold
Medal in the cello portion of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky
Competition and three years earlier won first prize in the Young
Concert Artists International Auditions.
Born into a family of musicians, his father is a violinist and his
mother is a pianist, he entered the Moscow Conservatory at age 12.
Critics around the world have been enthusiastic in their praise, with
Britain's Independent newspaper describing him playing with "a tone
whose beauty shone all the more brightly for its restraint and when he
did let rip, it was with blazing virtuosity", before adding that "he
could certainly give Yo-Yo Ma a run for his money".
The accolades have been just as forthcoming across the other side of
the Atlantic, with the Washington Post hailing him as a "seasoned
phenom" and the New York Times praising him for his "intense focus and
expressive artistry".
Hakhnazaryan will perform Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme
with the NZSO, a cello and orchestra piece that the Russian composer
wrote in homage to Mozart. It has been described as a challenging
piece that "puts a cellist through a no- break-allowed, high-register
ordeal". The evening's programme will also include works by Mozart and
Greig, including the latter's Peer Gynt Suite No 1 that features the
short orchestral piece that the title of the NZSO's South Island
concert tour is taken from.
The NZSO's In the Hall of the Mountain King tour hits Invercargill's
Civic Theatre at 7.30pm on Wednesday, November 26. Tickets via
ticketdirect.co.nz.
From: Baghdasarian