The Young Cellist Nareg Hakhnazaryan

Twenty-seven year old Cellist Nareg Hakhnazaryan, recipient of Gold Medal in the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition, has been hailed as “seasoned phenom” by the Washington Post, and praised for his “intense focus and expressive artistry” by the New York Times. Tutored by Mstislav Rostropovich, the Armenian cellist was born in Yerevan in 1988. His father plays the violin, his mother is a pianist. He began as a student at the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 12.

Twenty-seven year old Cellist Nareg Hakhnazaryan, recipient of Gold Medal in the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition, has been hailed as “seasoned phenom” by the Washington Post, and praised for his “intense focus and expressive artistry” by the New York Times. Tutored by Mstislav Rostropovich, the Armenian cellist was born in Yerevan in 1988. His father plays the violin, his mother is a pianist. He began as a student at the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 12.