Marianna Shirinyan

Marianna Shirinyan
Native name	Մարիաննա Շիրինյան
Born	(1978-09-25) September 25, 1978 Yerevan, Armenia
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Pianist
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1994–present
Website	marianna-shirinyan.com

Marianna Shirinyan (Մարիաննա Շիրինյան; born September 25, 1978), is an Armenian-Danish musician and prizewinner of various musical contests.

Biography

Marianna Shirinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia on September 25, 1978. She commenced her musical studies at the age of seven when she attended the Tchaikovsky music school in her home town, under the guidance of Margarita Hakobian. In 1997, she went on to study with Igor Javrian at the Komitas Music College in Yerevan, and two years later with Mathias Weber in Hamburg. Finally, she completed her studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck with Konrad Elser in 2007, finishing with top grades. Shirinyan's artistic advisers in recent years have been Elisabeth Leonskaya and Leif Ove Andsnes.^[1]

Performances

Shirinyan managed to perform in several cities of Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Armenia, Russia and other places. Specifically outside Scandinavia, she has performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Potsdamer Kammerakademie, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Würzburg Philharmonic, Hof Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano. In addition, she has worked with known conductors such as Zoltan Kocsis, Simon Gaudenz, Antonello Manacorda, Thomas Søndergård, Krysztof Urbanski, and Joshua Weilerstein.^[2]

In February 2013, Shirinyan made her Rachmaninov performance with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.^[3]

Repertoire

Solo

J.S. Bach

Preludium and Fuga in C sharp Major BWV 848
Preludium and Fuga in c sharp minor BWV 849
Preludium and Fuga in e flat minor BWV 853
Preludium and Fuga in C Major BWV 870
Partita in B minor BWV 825
Partita in c - minor BWV 826
English Suite No. 2 in a minor, BWV 807
Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971

L.v. Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 17 in d - minor Op. 31 No. 2 "Sturm Sonata"
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"

A. Berg Piano Sonata, Op. 1

F. Schubert

Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899

R. Schumann

Abegg Variations Op. 100
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Symphonische Etüden Op. 13
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Arabeske in C major, Op. 18

J. Brahms

Two Rhapsodies Op. 79
6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118
Piano Pieces, Op. 119

F. Chopin

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Barcarolle in F Sharp Major, Op. 60
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61, "Polonaise-fantasie"
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66, "Fantaisie-impromptu"

F. Liszt

Rhapsodie espagnole, S254/R90
Dante Sonata, S 161

F. Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, Op.54

M. Ravel

Gaspard de la nuit
Sonatine
Valses nobles et sentimentales

C. Debussy

Images (Book 1)
Estampes
Preludes

S. Rachmaninov

Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42

C. Franck Prelude, Choral et Fugue

S. Prokofiev

Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83

A. Schönberg

3 Klavierstucke, Op. 11
Klavierstucke, Op. 33a/b

D. Shostakovich 24 Preludes Op. 34

Concertos with orchestra

W.A. Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A - Major KV 414
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV. 466
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, KV. 467 "Elvira Madigan"
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, KV. 488

L.v. Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

F. Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

J. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
E. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
S. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
S. Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C-minor, op. 18
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Achievements

The following is the list of Shirinyan's accomplishments:^[2]

During her early years, she placed 1st in the Youth Chamber Music Competition in Paderborn, Germany (Junge Ensembles Musizieren) in 1994. She was also a prizewinner in the International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen, Germany, Gaillard, France, and twice in Spain - Maria Canals and C.I.P.C.E.
In 2001, Marianna Shirinyan received the prize in both the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Possehl Music Award in Lübeck.
In 2002, she won 1st Prize in the International Lion's Competition. Soon after, she had received more accomplishments.
She had won 1st place once again while playing together with Finnish violinist Laura Vikman in the Premio Vittorio Gui chamber music competition in Florence, Italy in 2004.
She received five awards in the ARD International Music Competition held in Munich, namely the Second Prize, the Audience Prize, the Special Prize of Münchner Kammerorchester, the Brüder-Busch Prize, and the Prize of Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
In 2009, The Association of Danish Music Critics awarded Shirinyan their Annual Prize.
In 2010, she received the Danish Radio's P2 Artist Prize for her contributions to the musical and artistic life in Denmark.

References

↑ "Marianna Shirinyan". Nordic Artists Management. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
1 2 "Biography". Marianna Shirinyan. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
↑ Utidjian, Haig (13 February 2013). "Pianist Marianna Shirinyan dazzles with her Rachmaninov performance with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, DR Concert Hall, 8 February 2013". Orer. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

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