NEWS

Armenian Piano Trio

A long cherised mutual dream came finally to life: with pianist Sofya Melikyan and violinist David Haroutunian we founded a Piano Trio. Our first  CD recording will be released in September 2021 by Rubicon Classics, featuring Brahms Trios Op. 87 & 101, to be followed by more chamber music by Brahms.
Enjoy some excerpts from our concert last October in Paris!

New Projects

New Projects

During the pandemic I started to  plan new projects and can share more about them soon here. Stay tuned!

Calendar

Mar 2023

Cagliari

21.03.2023 20:30

Kuss Quartett

@Teatro Lirico

Duisburg

26.03.2023 20:00

Werke von Ludwig van Beethoven, George Aperghis, Manfred Trojahn, Helmut Lachenmann, György Kurtág, Johannes Fischer, Paul Hindemith, Frederic Rzewski, Iannis Xenakis und Thomas Adès

Kuss Quartett
mit Bas Böttcher (Slam Poetry) & Johannes Fischer (Percussion)

Philharmonie Mercatorhalle

Berlin

30.03.2023 19:00

Armenian Piano Trio

@Piano Nobile, Kammermusiksaal

Leipzig

31.03.2023 20:00

Gayane Tchebodaryan — Trio für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Arno Babajanian — Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello fis-Moll
Johannes Brahms — 1. Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello H-Dur op. 8
Komitas — Drei Miniaturen

Armenian Piano Trio

Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus

Apr 2023

Appenzell

14.04.2023 19:30

Kuss Quartett

@Kunsthalle Appenzell

Paris

24.04.2023 20:00

Kuss Quartett

@Goethe Institut

May 2023

Vicenza - Ommaggio a Palladio

04.05.2023 - 07.05.2023

Cappella Andrea Barca

Napoli

18.05.2023 20:30

Kuss Quartett

@Teatro Sannazaro

München

21.05.2023 17:00

Münchener Kammerorchester

@Gasteig

München

23.05.2023 20:00

Rachmaninow: Trio élégiaque No. 1
Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht
Brahms: Piano Trio op. 8 H-Dur

Armenian Piano Trio

Allerheiligen Hofkirche

Biography

Cellist Mikayel Hakhnazaryan is known as a versatile musician in the world of classical music – as a member of the Kuss Quartet, with which he is performing worldwide in all concert halls like the Philharmonie Berlin, Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall London, Musikverein Vienna and at festivals as Rheingau Festival, Salzburg and Lucerne, to name a few.
Regular chamber music partners are Miklós Perényi, Mischa Maisky, Paul Meyer, Mojca Erdmann and Sarah Maria Sun.

Born into a musical family, Mikayel continued his studies after graduation from the State Conservatory in Armenia with Tibor Varga and Marcio Carneiro in Sion and completed them at the Musikakademie Basel with Prof. Ivan Monighetti.

He was deeply inspired by Steven Isserlis, attending his master classes numerous times and calls him his mentor.

During his studies in Switzerland he appeared regularly as a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra Tibor Varga and with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra as well as with the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Armenia.
At that time he was a member of the Basel String Quartet and the Zurich String Trio.

 

Chamber music is the most central element in Mikayel’s career, after being part of the Open Chamber Music Festival of IMS Prussia Cove for years, he played in numerous festivals wordwide.

Mikayel was Guest Principal Cello at the Basque National Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and is regularly invited by Camerata Bern, Camerata Salzburg, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Kammerorchester Basel, Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Cappella Andrea Barca, among others.

Since 2014 he is Principal Cello of the Munich Chamber Orchestra and regularly guest at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and their chamber music groups (12 Cellists/ Scharoun Ensemble).

He is giving chamber music masterclasses at the Jeunesses Musicales, Royal Birmingham Conservatory, Suntory Hall Tokyo and other institutions.

In the past years Mikayel performed as solist with the Armenian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Georgian Chamber Orchester Ingolstadt.

Mikayel plays on a cello by Andrea Castagneri from 1735.

Media

VIDEO

DISCOGRAPHY

Brahms - Piano Trios 2 & 3

Sofya Melikyan, Klavier
David Haroutunian, Violine
Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Violoncello

Rubicon Classics
November 2021

Beethoven - The String Quartets

Live from Suntory Hall, Tokyo

Rubicon Classics
März 2020

Projects & Ensembles

Kuss Quartett

Mikayel is member of the renowned Kuss Quartet since 2008.

Armenian Piano Trio

est. 2020

Celllosophy

with Konstantin Heidrich & Eugen Bazijan

Contact

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