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United States, New York City New York, 158 Bleecker St. btwn Thompson and Sullivan
Still in his early twenties, Mikhail Simonyan is already recognized as one of the most celebrated talents of his generation. The New York Times has praised his, "breadth, lyricism and fleet technique," and reported that "Mr. Simonyan play[s] as if every note counted." The Miami Herald has declared, "Mikhail Simonyan . . . played with the poise, perfection and inner burning fire of a master like David Oistrakh in his prime on a good night."
Mr. Simonyan, who hails from Novosibirsk (the same city that Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov call home), began to study the violin at the age of five. As part of the first generation of artists to forge careers in an era with substantially decreased government support, he has blazed a trail for young musicians in Russia. In 1999, at 13, Mr. Simonyan made his acclaimed New York debut at Lincoln Center with the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra (ARYO) and his debut in St. Petersburg, Russia at the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre in ARYO's joint concert with the Mariinsky Youth Orchestra, performing the Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1 (which he had just learned for the occasion). Mr. Simonyan continues to work with Victor Danchenko in the United States and lives in New York. He plays a Giuseppe Gagliano violin made in Napoli, Italy in 1769. Mr. Simonyan is managed worldwide by Tanja Dorn at IMG Artists. In his spare time, Mr. Simonyan takes flying lessons, and is an avid skydiver. For more information please visit: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/2705 |
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