Hripsime Aghakaryan
Pianist
Biography
Nune Badalyan has graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory in 1992 with honors and during her education, she entered the A. Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theatre as a soloist. She received a diploma of distinction at the 1996 Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition in St. Petersburg and made her solo recital debut at Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow. She has been a guest soloist with the Armenian Philharmonic in the Brahms Requiem, Handel's Messaiah and Strauss Last Four Songs, and with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia in the Mozart Requiem, Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Beethoven 9th Symphony, and Armenian premiere of Britten’s Les Illuminations.
She has a series of recitals in Hamburg, New York, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles and San Diego, and made her London solo recital debut in the prestigious St. John Smith Square in February 2001 which led to a return invitation to sing a Duo Recital in September of the same year.
Nune Badalyan made her debut at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 2003 as Adaljiza in a new production of Bellini’s Norma with the Armenian National Opera and was invited to sing Britten’s War Requiem at the Canterbury Festival in the UK with Canterbury Festival Orchestra and Choir under Richard Cook. She sang Michaella with critical acclaim in a production of Carmen at Cagne-Sur-Mer in France and Oronte in the world premiere of Vivaldi’s Tigran the Great in Yerevan. She has appeared as Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, Pamina in Mozart’s Magic Flute, Iolanta in Thchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Anush in Tigranian’s Anush and has recorded Puccini’s ll Tabarro as Giorgietta. She is an enthusiastic and active solo recitalist and chamber musician.
She has performed the Armenian Premiere of Britten’s song cycle The Poet’s Echo as well as song cycles by Schoenberg, Montsalvage and Viardot. Evenly, she champions works by contemporary Armenian composers that are written especially for her including Edward Mirzoyan, Edward Hairapetian and Vardan Ajemian. As a busy touring artist, she has appeared as a guest soloist with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia in London, Canterbury Festival, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Geneva, Athens, Saloniki, as well as in Cyprus, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, and at the Tbilisi Opera in Georgia.
She had two performances in 2008 with the Armenian Philharmonic, conductor Edward Topchyan, in February Leocavallo’s Pagliacci as Neda and in July Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as Madama Butterfly. She has also been invited to Iran for a solo recital.
In 2014 Nune Badalyan was awarded the honorary title of the Honored Artist of RA.
Photo by Tigran Arakelyan
She has a series of recitals in Hamburg, New York, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles and San Diego, and made her London solo recital debut in the prestigious St. John Smith Square in February 2001 which led to a return invitation to sing a Duo Recital in September of the same year.
Nune Badalyan made her debut at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 2003 as Adaljiza in a new production of Bellini’s Norma with the Armenian National Opera and was invited to sing Britten’s War Requiem at the Canterbury Festival in the UK with Canterbury Festival Orchestra and Choir under Richard Cook. She sang Michaella with critical acclaim in a production of Carmen at Cagne-Sur-Mer in France and Oronte in the world premiere of Vivaldi’s Tigran the Great in Yerevan. She has appeared as Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, Pamina in Mozart’s Magic Flute, Iolanta in Thchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Anush in Tigranian’s Anush and has recorded Puccini’s ll Tabarro as Giorgietta. She is an enthusiastic and active solo recitalist and chamber musician.
She has performed the Armenian Premiere of Britten’s song cycle The Poet’s Echo as well as song cycles by Schoenberg, Montsalvage and Viardot. Evenly, she champions works by contemporary Armenian composers that are written especially for her including Edward Mirzoyan, Edward Hairapetian and Vardan Ajemian. As a busy touring artist, she has appeared as a guest soloist with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia in London, Canterbury Festival, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Geneva, Athens, Saloniki, as well as in Cyprus, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, and at the Tbilisi Opera in Georgia.
She had two performances in 2008 with the Armenian Philharmonic, conductor Edward Topchyan, in February Leocavallo’s Pagliacci as Neda and in July Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as Madama Butterfly. She has also been invited to Iran for a solo recital.
In 2014 Nune Badalyan was awarded the honorary title of the Honored Artist of RA.
Photo by Tigran Arakelyan
