Hripsime Aghakaryan
Pianist
Biography
Aram Talalyan was born in Yerevan, on April 4, 1971.
Aram Talalyan is third from dynasty of well-known musicians after his uncle Henrik Talalyan and father Geronty Talalyan.
After receiving a Master’s degree with Honors, from Yale University (USA) Mr. Talalyan returns to Armenia. He has been teaching cello and chamber music in Yerevan state conservatory since 1997, numerous students of Mr. Talalyan received top prizes in competitions around world.
Aram Talalyan is a founder and artistic director of “Yerevan Baroque Festival” and “Talalyan brothers” Viola-Cello Festival in Armenia. From 2010 to 2011 has been appointed as an artistic director of Classical Series at Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan (Armenia). From 2000 to 2009 has served as a cellist of Komitas String Quartet. From 2015 till 2018 Mr. Talalyan was a cellist of Aram Khachaturian State string quartet.
Aram Talalyan has collaborated with such renowned artists as Claude Frank, Yo Yo Ma, Gunter Herbig, Jesse Levin, Emin Khachaturian, Wolfgang Meyer, Vladimir Spivakov, Diemut Poppen, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Levon Chilingirian, Christopher Stembridge, Darko Brlek, Ilya Gringolts, Armen Babakhanian, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Mikayel Balyan, Sergey Khachatryan, and many others. Mr. Talalyan has toured in CIS countries, Europe, Asia, North and South America and Middle East.
He is a first performer and initiator of a great number of compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles and cello. Mr. Talalyan received a State Honor award in 2009. In 2013 was invited as a president of the jury of Aram Khachaturian International Cello Competition. In 2009 together with pianist Julietta Vardanyan formed a piano-cello duo ARS LUNGA and completed a large scale unprecedented recording project “Anthology of Armenian music for cello and piano” album with 12 CDs and 60 compositions by Armenian composers, presently completing 2nd part of recording project included 40 compositions for piano trio.
During 2011-2014 seasons he was invited to conduct in prestigious international festivals: “Traveling Notes", "Melodies of Peace", “The Return Festival”, "National Gallery of Arts" and several State Academic orchestras in Ukraine, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. Under guidance of Mr. Talalyan ERASMUS PLUS program was engaged in Yerevan conservatory for the first time from 2018 till present.
Aram Talalyan is third from dynasty of well-known musicians after his uncle Henrik Talalyan and father Geronty Talalyan.
After receiving a Master’s degree with Honors, from Yale University (USA) Mr. Talalyan returns to Armenia. He has been teaching cello and chamber music in Yerevan state conservatory since 1997, numerous students of Mr. Talalyan received top prizes in competitions around world.
Aram Talalyan is a founder and artistic director of “Yerevan Baroque Festival” and “Talalyan brothers” Viola-Cello Festival in Armenia. From 2010 to 2011 has been appointed as an artistic director of Classical Series at Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan (Armenia). From 2000 to 2009 has served as a cellist of Komitas String Quartet. From 2015 till 2018 Mr. Talalyan was a cellist of Aram Khachaturian State string quartet.
Aram Talalyan has collaborated with such renowned artists as Claude Frank, Yo Yo Ma, Gunter Herbig, Jesse Levin, Emin Khachaturian, Wolfgang Meyer, Vladimir Spivakov, Diemut Poppen, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Levon Chilingirian, Christopher Stembridge, Darko Brlek, Ilya Gringolts, Armen Babakhanian, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Mikayel Balyan, Sergey Khachatryan, and many others. Mr. Talalyan has toured in CIS countries, Europe, Asia, North and South America and Middle East.
He is a first performer and initiator of a great number of compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles and cello. Mr. Talalyan received a State Honor award in 2009. In 2013 was invited as a president of the jury of Aram Khachaturian International Cello Competition. In 2009 together with pianist Julietta Vardanyan formed a piano-cello duo ARS LUNGA and completed a large scale unprecedented recording project “Anthology of Armenian music for cello and piano” album with 12 CDs and 60 compositions by Armenian composers, presently completing 2nd part of recording project included 40 compositions for piano trio.
During 2011-2014 seasons he was invited to conduct in prestigious international festivals: “Traveling Notes", "Melodies of Peace", “The Return Festival”, "National Gallery of Arts" and several State Academic orchestras in Ukraine, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. Under guidance of Mr. Talalyan ERASMUS PLUS program was engaged in Yerevan conservatory for the first time from 2018 till present.
