Sofja Melikjan

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Sofja Melikjan ( Armenian Սոֆյա Մելիքյան * February 11, 1978 in Yerevan ) is an Armenian pianist.

life and work

Melikjan graduated with honors from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid with Joaquin Soriano and began postgraduate studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris with Ramzi Yassa , where she received the Diploma Superieure d'Execution in 2003. At the Manhattan School of Music in New York she received a Master of Music from Solomon Mikowsky . Other pianists who have taken care of her are Brigitte Engerer and Galina Eguiazarova . She took part in master classes with musicians such as Vitali Margulis , John O'Connor , Fanny Solter , François-Rene Duchable , Piotr Paleczny , Menahem Pressler and Horacio Gutierrez . She has appeared as a soloist with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra , the Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra of Spain, the Cordoba Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Spain, the Valencia Symphony Orchestra, the New Europe Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonic Orchestra Andalucía. She has given concerts at Carnegie Hall , Lincoln Center, the American Liszt Society in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington , the Guangzhou Opera House in China , the Bulgarian Concert Hall in Sofia , the Auditorium of Santiago de Compostela in Spain and at the "Chopin +" festival in Luxembourg , as well as debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba in Havana, the North Shore Symphony Orchestra in Chicago and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in the USA. She also played many live recordings for radio and television broadcasts in Europe and the USA.

Prizes and awards

  • first prize and prize for outstanding musical talent at the Marisa Montiel International Piano Competition in Linares
  • first prize at the Ibiza International Piano Competition in Spain
  • first prize for musical interpretation of the association “Amigos del Colegio de España” in Paris
  • Winner of the "Artists International" competition in New York
  • Top and special prizes at the international competitions José Iturbi and Maria Canals in Spain
  • Gold medalist at the New England International Chamber Music Competition in Boston
  • 2nd prize winner at the JC Arriaga International Chamber Music Competition in Stamford , USA.

Discography (selection)

  • 2015: Armenian Composers: Art Songs and Piano Music by Melikian, Mansurian and Avenesov
  • 2017: Women
  • 2018: Granados / Mompou: Spanish Piano Music (Goyescas / Variations on a Theme of Chopin)

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personal data
SURNAME Melikjan, Sofja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Մելիքյան, Սոֆյա (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Yerevan