Fifteen year old clarinetist Narek Arutyunian playing the third movement from the Clarinet Concerto No 2 by Carl Maria Weber , recorded in Rachmaninov 's Hall of Moscow Conservatory.
Narek Arutyunian was born in Gyumri, Armenia in 1992. When Narek was 10, he took the clarinet in his hands for the first time ever.
He studied at the Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (2003-2009) ,at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory with Evgeny Petrov (2009-2010) At Queens College at City University in New York (2010-2011) Since 2011 he has been studying at the Juilliard School of Music in New York with Charles Neidich.
In Recital Narek has appeared at such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in New York, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Museum of Grenoble, Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, "Palazzo del Principe" in Genova, Teatro Savio in Messina, Kaliningrad Philharmonic Hall,Glendale Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, Chamber Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic Society
Narek has performed numerous concerts major concert halls all throughout Europe and North America
Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, Rudolfinum - Dvorak Hall in Prague, United Nations Hall in Geneva, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow , George Weston Recital Hall in Toronto, Great, Small and Rachmaninov Halls of the Moscow Conservatory, St.Petersburg Philharmonic Hall , Svetlanov's, Theater and Chamber Halls of Moscow International House of Music , Kaufmann Hall in New York
Narek has appeared as soloist with renowed orchestras, including the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra,
"Moscow Virtuosi" Chamber Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra "Kremlin",
Symphony Orchestra of New Russia, Meridian Symphony Orchestra (Mississippi), Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, "Musica Viva" Chamber Orchestra,Kaliningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Narek is a Winner of International Competitions:
1."Young Concert Artists" International Auditions - 1st Prize (New York City, USA, 2010)
2.International Radio Competition "Concertino Praga" -1st Prize (Prague, Czech Republic, 2008)
3.Rotary Club Moscow International Music Children Competition - Grand Prize (Moscow, Russia, 2005)
4.Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians - 1st prize (Moscow, Russia , 2005),
5.International Competition "Music Youth of the Planet" - 1st prize (Moscow, Russia, 2007)
6.International Competition for Young Musicians «Prazsky Hvezdopad» - Grand-Prize (Prague, Czech Republic, 2008)
He was awarded a Prize of Yuri Bashmet to perform with the State Symphony Orchestra of New Russia and to record a CD as its soloist at the Hall of Kultura TV Channel.
Narek has played with such illustrious conductors such as Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Bashmet, Saulius Sondeckis, Misha Rakhlevskiy, Alexander Rudin, Alexander Apolin (Czech Republic)
His performances have been broadcast on WQXR - classical radio station of NYC, Deutschlandradio Kultur (Germany), Toronto's Classical 96.3 (Canada) Radio "Classique" (France) Radio "Orpheus" (Russia), Czech Classical Radio "Vltava", Radio "Russia" .
Narek Arutyunian's clarinet is a personal gift of a violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov
@Elessar1357 well, if You think that the 15 year old kid playing like this is "Nothing Special" then upload your own rendition of this piece,please demonstrate what is indeed special.
thank you
frclarinette 1 year ago 6
i like his playing.
katameiling 3 years ago 5