Duet

On May 4th, renowned musicians violinist Nikolay Madoyan and pianist Nikita Mndoyants will present French and Armenian music at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall.
The concert is organized as part of the international cooperation projects led by Europa Nostra, by the EU-funded pilot project European Heritage Hub and by the French Embassy in Armenia. Honored artist of the RA virtuoso violinist Nikolay Madoyan is a laureate of many international competitions, the Guinness Book title holder, and a recipient of the President’s Prize award. He holds the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the RA and the Medal of the Coat of Arms of the City of Yerevan. He was recently awarded the Knight of Centenary of Violin title by the International Expert Committee. A laureate of international competitions, pianist Nikita Mndoyants is a winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition (USA) and the Paderewski International Piano Competition (Poland). Nikita Mndoyants is well known on France-Musique airwaves as well as Polish Radio.

Concert program
Maurice Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Allegretto.
Blues. Moderato.
Perpetuum mobile. Allegro.
Jules Massenet (arr. M. Marsick) – Meditation (From the opera Thaïs)
George Bizet/Franz Waxman (arr. J. Heifetz) – Carmen Fantasie
Eduard Baghdasaryan – Rhapsody
Ashot Ariyan – Sonata for Violin and Piano (World Premiere)
Edvard Mirzoyan – Introduction & Perpetuum Mobile
Soloists:
Nikolay Madoyan, violin
Nikita Mndoyants, piano