Manoug Parikian

Manoug Parikian (September 15, 1920 - December 24, 1987) was a British concert violinist and violin professor of Armenian descent.

Biography

Parikian was born in Mersin, Turkey. He studied in London, made his solo début in 1947 and led several orchestras - the Liverpool Philharmonic (1947–48),[1] London's Philharmonia Orchestra (1949–57), the Yorkshire Sinfonia from 1976 to 1978 - and was musical director of the Manchester Camerata from 1980 to 1984.[2] He also led the English Opera Group Orchestra between 1949 and 1951, and participated in various Aldeburgh Festival concerts as a chamber musician as well as in opera productions.[1]

He was an admired teacher at the Royal Academy of Music.[2] He also championed contemporary composers, many of whom wrote works for him: examples include Thea Musgrave's Colloquy (1960),[3] Gordon Crosse's Violin Concerto No. 2,[4] Alexander Goehr's Violin Concerto (1961–62)[5] and Hugh Wood's Violin Concerto. Benjamin Britten also composed for Parikian a cadenza to Mozart's Adagio for Violin and Orchestra K261 in 1951.[6]

Parikian died in Oxford in 1987, aged 67.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Mitchell (2004), p. 487
  2. 1 2 Anon (1987-12-25). "Obituaries : PASSINGS : Manoug Parikian; Violinist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  3. ↑ "Thea Musgrave: Colloquy". Music Sales. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Walsh, Stephen. "Gordon Crosse's Violin Concerto No. 2" in Tempo New Series, No. 92 (Spring, 1970): pp. 34-36
  5. ↑ "Concerto - Alexander Goehr". Schott International. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "BTC1038 CADENZAS TO MOZART'S ADAGIO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA IN E, K261". Britten Thematic Catalogue. Britten Pears Foundation. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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