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June 28, 2010
Scholarship Recipient Anoush Nikoghosyan Wins International Violin Competition
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(Left to right) Sparkasse Competition Director Alois Hochegger, Anoush Nikoghosyan, and Maestro Fabio Luisi, director of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. -
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Anoush Nikoghosyan performs in Austria's Kärntner Sparkasse international violin competition.
AGBU scholarship recipient Anoush Nikoghosyan, a 20-year-old violinist from Yerevan, won the Kärntner Sparkasse international violin competition in Kärntner, Austria, on June 6, 2010. The competition drew 96 talented young violinists from 30 countries, including Russia, France, U.S.A., Germany, Italy, China, Austria, UK and Japan. Nikoghosyan took home a prize of 10,000 euros, and was also selected for the best performance of a Mozart concerto.
In response to her outstanding placement at the competition, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of the renowned Fabio Luisi, signed Nikoghosyan for two performances in February 2011. She also received 14 different invitations from orchestras and festivals, including the Sapporo Music Festival of Japan.
Nikoghosyan was born in Yerevan in 1990. She studied at the Sayat-Nova Music School of Yerevan from 1995-2003, and graduated from Yerevan State Conservatory in 2005. Today, Nikoghosyan is in her third year at the Munich Music Academy. She is a recipient of the AGBU scholarship, and AGBU funds her stay in Germany. The violinist has performed in the UK, Lithuania, UAE, Syria, Russia, and Germany. She has appeared as a soloist with the Yerevan Symphony Orchestra, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Serenade Chamber Orchestra (Armenia), and Kaunas Chamber Orchestra (Lithuania).
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