Medea Abrahamyan

Medea Abrahamyan (Armenian: Մեդեա Աբրահամյան) is an Armenian cellist, People’s Artist of Armenian SSR (1980). Professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (1983).

Medea Abrahamyan
Birth nameMedea Abrahamyan
BornMarch 8, 1932
OriginYerevan, Armenia
Occupation(s)cellist
Instrumentscellio

Biography

Medea Abrahamyan was born in 1932 in Yerevan. She received her musical education at the ten-year Tchaikovsky Music School of Yerevan and later at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. In 1956, she graduated from Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and was one of the students of world-famous cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. She is a recipient of awards at the Vihaan International Festival of Arts (2-nd Prize, 1955), the First Youth Festival of Armenia (1st Prize, 1957) and the Moscow All-Union Competition for Cellists (1-st Prize, 1961).

Medea Abrahamyan’s art has been admired and warmly received by people in numerous countries around the world, including France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Iceland, Korea, the United States, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Syria, Lebanon, the republics of the former USSR and more. Alongside her performances of the works of classical and contemporary composers, the works of Armenian composers for the cello form a major part of the extensive list of performances by Medea Abrahamyan. Moreover, she has been the one who has performed most of these works for the first time, and those works have been created with her direct participation and have been dedicated to her.[1]

Alongside her concerts, Medea Abrahamyan has also lectured at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and the ten-year Tchaikovsky School for decades.[2] She has taught students of different nationalities and educated generations of musicians in her classroom, which is now widely recognized in not only Armenia, but also abroad.[3]

She has been a member of the juries of several international, All-Union and republican competitions and has given master classes.

Awards
  • State Prize of the USSR, 1973
  • People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, 1980
  • Professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, 1983
  • Knight of Armenian Art, 2007
  • 1-st Degree Medal for Services to Homeland, 2012[4]
  • Honorable citizen of the Bulgarian city of Russe
  • RA Prime Minister's Gold Medal, 2016
  • The major recipient of the Nairi Pan-Armenian music festival, 2017

Bibliography

Books

  • Anna Barsamyan; Araksi Saryan, "Medea Abrahamyan", Yerevan, 2000 (in Armenian)
  • Medea Abrahamyan, "Կատարողի մտորումներ", Yerevan, 2014 (in Armenian and Russian)
  • Rosa Yeghiazaryan, " Solo for cello", Yerevan, 2016 (in Armenian)
  • Sergey Manvelyan, "Medea Abrahamyan", Yerevan, 2016 (in Armenian)

Journal & newspaper articles

  • Mladá fronta, 1955, 3.června, Praha
  • Рачев Х., Един незабравим концерт, Червено знаме, 1958, 28 ноември, Видин, България
  • 조선 방문 쏘련 예술단 본도 공연, 평얀, 평얀, 1960, 7 월 29 일
  • Jihlava, 1963, červen, Československo
  • Саакян Н., Глубокая душа виолончели, Коммунист, Ереван, 1969, 5 октября
  • Le soir, 1972, 28 décembre, Beyrouth, Liban
  • Հովհաննիսյան Արմեն, Նվիրում և վաստակ, Սովետական Հայաստան, Երևան, 1973, սեպտեմբերի 23
  • Cabrera N., Ciclo musical en el Coliseo: No sólo para Armenios, Clarin, Buenos Aires, 2 de mayo de 1973
  • F. E., Embajada Apabullante, El País, 24 de mayo de 1973, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Բերկո Մարինա, Նվիրվում է Մեդեա Աբրահամյանին..., Սովետական արվեստ, Երևան, 1978, № 2, էջ 45-48:
  • Золотова И., Источник взаимного обогащения (Медея Абрамян и армянская виолончельная соната), Советская музыка, Москва, 1978, № 8, с. 83-86.
  • Բրուտյան Ց., Հայաստան աշխարհի հրաշքներից մեկը, Հայաստան, Երևան, 1994, մայիսի 12
  • Грицевич В., На концерте Медеи Абрамян, Монреаль-Торонто, 1997, Монреаль, Канада
  • Դանիել Երաժիշտ, Միջազգային մրցույթների հայազգի առաջին դափնեկիրները, Երաժշտական Հայաստան, Երևան, 2010, № 2, էջ 61-62:
  • Sarkisian S., Ritterin der armenischen Kunst: Medea Abrahamyan, Köln, 2013, № 1, s. 34-35.
  • Рухкян М., Вы рождены для виолончели, Новое время, Ереван, 1999, 30 января, с. 4.

References
  1. Zirin, Mary; Livezeanu, Irina; Worobec, Christine D.; Farris, June Pachuta (2015-03-26). Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: A Comprehensive Bibliography Volume I: Southeastern and East Central Europe (Edited by Irina Livezeanu with June Pachuta Farris) Volume II: Russia, the Non-Russian Peoples of the Russian. Routledge. ISBN 9781317451976.
  2. qktheme. "BAGRATUNI Vache | Armenian World Orchestra". awo2015.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  3. User, Super. "TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AND CONCERT DEVOTED TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIOLONCELLIST MEDEA ABRAHAMYAN". www.gatmuseum.am. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  4. "Honorary Medal of the Republic of Armenia" Check |url= value (help). նախագահ.հայ. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
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