Ruben Kosemyan
| Ruben Kosemyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 9, 1973 Yerevan, Armenia |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian, Armenian |
| 💼 Occupation | Musician, Violinist Soloist |
| 📆 Years active | 1981-present |
Ruben Kosemyan is a Canadian violinist soloist born in Armenia.
Studies
At the age of four, he began studying violin under the guidance of his father Alexander Kosemyan (Violist with the State Komitas quartet) and Tatyana Hayrapetyan in the Special Music School after Tchaikovsky. At the age of 9, he played Mendelssohn and Mozart violin concertos with orchestra. A year later, Ruben played in the "Palace of Congresses" of Moscow city. In 1987, he moved to Moscow to continue his musical education at the Moscow State Conservatory with professor Maya Glezarova.
Kosemyan has attended master-classes under the guidance of Leonid Kogan, Igor Oistrach, Tibor Varga, Ruben Aharonyan (First violin of State Borodin quartet), Jean Ter-Merguerian, Ivan Monighetti, Eduard Tatevosyan, Dominique de Williencourt, Ruggiero Ricci and J. Heifetz's student Adam Han-Gorski. In 1997, he was granted the prestigious Vladimir Spivakov scholarship.
Career
In 1998, Kosemyan began teaching violin and chamber ensemble classes at the Yerevan State Conservatory, and in 2000 he was selected as head of the department of classical music at the "House of Music and Culture", Kish Island.
Kosemyan has appeared with concerts in Armenia, Germany, France, Iran, USA, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Malaysia, Russia and Georgia performing the Brahms double concerto, violin concertos of Khachaturian, Saryan, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Glazunov, Mozart, Bruch,[1] Bach, Hairapetyan and many others.[2]
In 2005, Kosemyan founded the Piano Trio. On October 31, 2007, he was awarded a gold medal, "UNESCO Aram Khachaturian Centenary" by the "Composers Union" of Armenia.
In 2009, Ruben was invited to join the "Khachaturian" State quartet as first violin, where he worked until 2010. Since 2010, Kosemyan has been living in Canada where he has organized a group of professional musicians for live performances and recordings of classical, romantic and some modern music.
He made his Canadian debut with Canadian conductor Nurhan Arman and "Sinfonia Toronto"[3][4] in the world-known Glenn Gould Studio, later in Koerner Hall (Toronto).
In 2013, Ruben was invited to record music for a Canadian documentary "Lost Rivers".
In 2015, he received Canadian Citizenship.
Ruben Kosemyan continues to perform as a soloist with orchestras on multiple stages throughout Canada and abroad.[5][6][7]
Ruben Kosemyan's new CD "Aram & Karen Khachaturian. Music for Violin and Piano" was released in November 2018.[8]
In 2020, in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, the first collection of transcriptions for violin and piano by Ruben Kosemyan was published by "Music Planet" Publishing House. The release was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster Komitas, and includes the transcriptions of works by Komitas, as well as F. Liszt, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninoff. The collection and piano part were edited by pianist Natalya Mnatsakanyan.
The next album of Ruben Kosemyan, entitled "W.A. Mozart. Violin Sonatas & Rondos" was released in 2020 by the well-known "Da Vinci Publishing" label.
The CD was recorded with pianists Natalya Mnatsakanyan and Margarita Grigoryan.
The new CD with Ruben's recordings has appeared in 2021, released by "La Mà de Guido" label. [9]
This time it includes works by M. Castenuovo-Tedesco, E. Bloch, C. Debussy, M. Ravel and E. Hayrapetyan.
Gallery
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Ruben Kosemyan's CD released in 2014
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R. Kosemyan's album "Violin Masterpieces"
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Violinist Ruben Kosemyan plays in Canadian documentary
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Ruben Kosemyan's CD released in 2018
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Ruben with Karen Khachaturian. Moscow, 2002
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CD booklet. Pianist Natalya Mnatsakanyan
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Ruben Kosemyan. Transcriptions for violin and piano. Front page
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Ruben Kosemyan. Title page
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Ruben Kosemyan. Transcriptions. Table of contents
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Ruben Kosemyan. W.A. Mozart. Violin Sonatas & Rondos
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Ruben Kosemyan. W.A. Mozart. Violin Sonatas & Rondos. Inlay
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R. Kosemyan. Inlay with the program included
References
- ↑ "Max Bruch part 1/3 Ruben Kosemyan" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ "Saint-Saens "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso" played by Ruben Kosemyan" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ "VIOLINIST RUBEN KOSEMYAN STEPS IN TO PLAY THE FOUR SEASONS | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
- ↑ "Sinfonia Toronto - Vivaldi, The Four Seasons". Meetup.
- ↑ "Kindred Spirits Orchestra - Concerts and Events - 2014 | 15 Season". www.ksorchestra.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ↑ "Cafesjian Classical Music Series: Ruben KOSEMYAN". www.cmf.am.
- ↑ "Երգող հոգի". www.irates.am.
- ↑ "Ruben Kosemyan Violinist plays Aram & Karen Khachaturyan" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ http://www.lamadeguido.com/nov_.html
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