The Violin Channel
Jan 18 2014
VC `Young Artist’ Sergey Khachatryan Awarded $82,000 Credit Suisse Bursary
Posted January 18, 2014
28 year old Armenian VC `Young Artist’ Sergey Khachatryan has today
been announced as the 2014 recipient of the highly coveted `Credit
Suisse Young Artist Award`, in Vienna.
A former 1st prize winner at the Sibelius and Queen Elisabeth
International Violin Competitions, Sergey will receive 75,000 Swiss
Francs (USD $82,000) – and a prestigious solo engagement withGustavo
Dudamel and the Vienna Philharmonic as part of this year’sLucerne
Festival.
The coveted bursary is awarded every two years to a highly talented
young soloist with the aim of providing the means and opportunity to
perform – thus enabling them to make the decisive breakthrough to a
major international career.
Previous recipients include: violist Antoine Tamestit, cellists
Nicolas Altstaedt and Sol Gabetta – and VC `Young Artist’ Vilde Frang.
From: A. Papazian
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