Bartók World Competition

Competitors passed through to the Preliminary

Navasardyan, Areg

Navasardyan, Areg

No. 19

Country: Russia

Date of birth: 22 October, 1999

Areg Navasardyan is a BA student at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) with professor Pavel Vernikov, after finishing Preparatory Department of University of Music and Performing Arts Graz with professor Boris Kuschnir. He participated in Kronberg Academy Violin Masterclasses and Concerts, Tsinandali Festival Academy, Crans-Montana Classics Violin Masterclasses, Lac Léman Music Masterclasses, Yuri Bashmet’s Music Academy, among others, as well as masterclasses and private lessons by Shlomo Mintz, Mihaela Martin, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Pinchas Zukerman, Krzysztof Węgrzyn, David Cerone, Alexander Trostiansky, Zakhar Bron, and Victor Danchenko. He is a prize winner at China-Spain International Music Competition, New York International Artists Competition, American Protégé International Competition, Demidovski International Violin Competition. He participated in several festivals and concerts in Armenia, Russia, Georgia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, the USA, and performed with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Reinhard Seehafer), Kyiv Soloists (conductor Shlomo Mintz), the National Chamber Music Orchestra of Armenia (conductors Vahan Mardirossian and Harutyun Arzumanyan), Chamber Orchestra Licei-Camerata Ekaterinburg (conductor Anton Shnitkin), among others.

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

Bartók: 1. rapszódia // Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94a

J. S. Bach: 2. (d-moll) hegedűpartita // Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – 3. Sarabanda, 4. Giga

Semi-final

Bartók: 1. hegedű-zongora szonáta // Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84 – 1. Allegro appassionato

Saint-Saëns: Bevezetés és rondo capriccioso // Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28

Brahms: 3. (d-moll) hegedű-zongora szonáta // Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, op. 108

Thomas Kornél: Fun-Tasto: Reflection and Exhilaration

Final

Tchaikovsky: D-dúr hegedűverseny // Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35