The cellist Suren Bagratuni won the Silver Medal at the 1986 International Tchaikovsky Competition while still a student at the Moscow Conservatory. Since then he has gone to a distinguished international career as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He has toured worldwide earning enthusiastic praise in both traditional and contemporary repertoire. He has performed with the many major orchestras, including the Moscow Philharmonic under the direction of Valery Gergiev, the Weimar Staatskapelle, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and other. The Boston Globe called his performance of the Shostakovich d minor sonata “one of the best performances of the year.” Mr. Bagratuni studies at the Moscow Conservatory with such legendary cellists as Daniel Shafran and Natalia Shakhovskaya, and later at the New England Conservatory of Music with Laurence Lesser. We’ll hear Nr. Bagratuni perform two compositions, Bach’s Suite for solo cello BWV 1011 and the Shostakovich sonata mentioned above (he’s accompanied by Sergey Babayan). Please browse our library as we have many other great performances by Mr. Bagratuni. To listen, click here.
March 15, 2010
The cellist Suren Bagratuni won the Silver Medal at the 1986 International Tchaikovsky Competition while still a student at the Moscow Conservatory. Since then he has gone to a distinguished international career as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He has toured worldwide earning enthusiastic praise in both traditional and contemporary repertoire. He has performed with the many major orchestras, including the Moscow Philharmonic under the direction of Valery Gergiev, the Weimar Staatskapelle, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and other. The Boston Globe called his performance of the Shostakovich d minor sonata “one of the best performances of the year.” Mr. Bagratuni studies at the Moscow Conservatory with such legendary cellists as Daniel Shafran and Natalia Shakhovskaya, and later at the New England Conservatory of Music with Laurence Lesser. We’ll hear Nr. Bagratuni perform two compositions, Bach’s Suite for solo cello BWV 1011 and the Shostakovich sonata mentioned above (he’s accompanied by Sergey Babayan). Please browse our library as we have many other great performances by Mr. Bagratuni. To listen, click here.