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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Pegasus - The Orchestra Hakob
 yan\, Sergey Antonov\, and Karen Hakobyan\n\n5 PM Doors & Pre-Reception\n6
  PM Performance\n7:30 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n**Sergey Antonov & Kar
 én Hakobyan**: Franck\, Tchaikovsky\, Rachmaninoff\, Popper\n\n[Gotham Ar
 ts](https://gothamarts.net) in collaboration with [Groupmuse](https://www.
 groupmuse.com/) is delighted to present an intimate private chamber music 
 performance by cellist [Sergey Antonov](https://www.sergeyantonov.com/) an
 d pianist [Karén Hakobyan](http://www.karenhakobyan.com/) featuring works
  by Franck\, Tchaikovsky\, Rachmaninoff\, Popper\, and other composers.\n\
 nWine will be served.\n\n**Program:**\n\nRACHMANINOFF Élégie\, Op. 3 No.
  1\n\nFRANCK Sonata in A Major\n\n*Intermission*\n\nKOMITAS VARDAPET (arr.
  KARÉN HAKOBYAN) "The Red Shawl"\n\nTCHAIKOVSKY Pezzo capriccioso\, Op. 6
 2\n\nPIAZZOLA (arr. KARÉN HAKOBYAN) "Oblivion"\n\nDAVID POPPER Hungarian 
 Rhapsody\, Op. 68\n\nGASPAR CASSADO "Requiebros"\n\n\n__________\n\n**Abou
 t the Artists**\n\n[Watch Sergey and Karén perform Rachmaninoff's cello s
 onata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opS0NboDHnY)\n\n**About Sergey Anto
 nov**\n\nGrammy-nominated cellist **Sergey Antonov** enjoys a versatile ca
 reer as a soloist and chamber musician. Critics throughout the world have 
 hailed him as “destined for cello superstardom” -Washington Post\, “
 combining formidable technique and an incredibly warm\, penetrating and vi
 brant tone to a romantic musical sensibility to create music - making of a
  highest caliber” - Budapest Sun. After one of the Newport Festival conc
 erts in RI\, a critic wrote “... a performance with soaring phrases and 
 a tone to die for.” Sergey’s performance of the Elgar concerto drew th
 e critic of the Moscow’s Daily Telegraph to write: “[he] is a musician
  who has his own inner space\, where he submerges himself from the very fi
 rst sound…who turns each phrase\, every deeply felt sound into an event 
 of his own inner monologue. The theme of this monologue is existential suf
 fering\; a change of intricately noted emotions\, directly related to the 
 unexplainable condition known as Spiritual Life.” A Canadian critic wrot
 e: “Antonov conveyed ...a world of expression from plaintive hope to exi
 stential pathos.”\n\nOne of the recent reviewers wrote\,  “ No virtuos
 ic challenge is more than his equal.”\n\nAfter winning the Gold Medal in
  the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow\, Russia\, Serge
 y has been touring extensively throughout Europe\, Asia\, North and South 
 America performing in halls ranging from the Great Hall of Moscow Conserva
 tory to Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He has collaborated with musicians such as 
 Denis Matsuev\, Bernadene Blaha\, Kevin Fitz Gerald\, Ekaterina Mechetina\
 , Harve A’ Kaoua\, Carl Ponten\, Dora Schwartzberg\, John Lenehan\, Coli
 n Carr\, Cynthia Phelps\, Martin Chalifour\, David Chan\, among others\, a
 s well as his permanent piano partner Ilya Kazantsev. The duo has recorded
  several CDs of traditional cello-piano repertoire as well as their own tr
 anscriptions\, recorded in their CD album Elegy.\n\nSergey is a member of 
 the acclaimed Hermitage Piano Trio with Ilya Kazantsev and violinist Misha
  Keylin.\n\nIn addition to being the 2007 Tchaikovsky gold medal winner fo
 r cello\, Antonov has been a recipient of the 2008 Golden Talent Award by 
 the Russian Performing Arts Foundation as well as garnering top prizes at 
 the Justuz Friedrich Dotzhauer Competition\, Germany\, David Popper Intern
 ational Cello Competition\, Hungary\, American String Teachers Association
  in Detroit. His chamber ensemble performances have also brought him honor
 s from the Lyrica Chamber Music Series as their “Young Artist of the Yea
 r”\, and First Prizes from the Chamber Music Foundation of New England a
 nd the Swedish International Duo Competition.\n\nAntonov collaborated with
  such maestros as Vladimir Spivakov\, Dmitry Sitkovetsky Yan Pascal Tortil
 ier\, Mikhail Pletnev\, Maxim Vengerov\, Oue Eiji\, Yuri Simonov\, Christo
 pher Zimmerman\, Uri Bashmet\,  Jonathan McPhee\, Yuri Botnari\, Alexey Sh
 abalin\, among many others. He has made his conducting debut in the spring
  of 2014. Sergey frequently gives master classes to solo cellists and cham
 ber music groups in colleges and universities throughout the world.\n\nBor
 n into a family of cellists\, Sergey started playing cello at the age of f
 ive with his mother\, Maria Zhuravleva\, as his teacher. She has recently 
 become the recipient of the National 2014 Teacher of the Year Award of Rus
 sia. He has studied at the Central Music School and has graduated from the
  Moscow Conservatory where studied under the renowned professor Natalia Sh
 akhovskaya.\n\nHe holds an Artist Diploma from Longy School of Music in Bo
 ston where he worked with Grammy nominated cellist Terry King. While being
  a student at the Moscow Conservatory\, Sergey was under the tutelage of M
 . Rostropovich.\n\nSergey has appeared on Russian National Television in p
 erformances with the Moscow Philharmonic in their “Stars of the 21st Cen
 tury” series\, and in live concerts on Boston’s NPR radio station WGBH
 . His performances were also broadcast by NHK Japan.\n\nHe lives in New Yo
 rk with his wife Nika and son Noah.\n\n**About Karén Hakobyan**\n\nArmeni
 an-American pianist and composer **Karén Hakobyan** has emerged as a vers
 atile force on the international musical scene.  Since his Carnegie Hall d
 ebut at the age of seventeen\, he has been performing in major concert hal
 ls in Armenia\, Argentina\, Mexico\, Germany\, France\, Japan and the Unit
 ed States. Mr. Hakobyan appeared as a soloist in North America with the Wo
 rld Peace Sinfonietta\, the University of Utah Philharmonia\, the Salt Lak
 e Symphony\, Summer Arts Festival Orchestra\, the New American Symphony\, 
 Ridgewood Symphony\, Ureuk Symphony Orchestra and the World Festival Orche
 stra and internationally with the Tucuman Philharmonic Orchestra (Argentin
 a)\, the Monterrey Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)\, the Armenian Philharmonic
  Orchestra\, the Serenade Chamber Orchestra\, and the National Chamber Orc
 hestra of Armenia.\n\nKarén won Bronze Medal in the World Piano Internati
 onal Competition\, 1st prize in the Pinault International Audiotape - Vide
 otape Piano Competition and 2nd prize in the Armenian Legacy Pianists Inte
 rnational Piano Competition. He has also won 1st prize in the Four Corners
  Piano Competition\, and The Fite Piano Competition. He was a winner of th
 e 2004 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Competition. Of his Ma
 rch 2011 Carnegie Hall composition debut\, David LaMarche (New York Concer
 t Review) praised Karén as “a musician of abundant gifts and bountiful 
 ideas.”\n\nKarén regularly appears in prestigious festivals and concert
  series. Some of his festival performance highlights include: the "Lille I
 nternational Piano(s) Festival" in France in 2005\, "The Pianist as Compos
 er" Festival at Mannes College of Music in 2008 and "The Mendelssohn Salon
  Yearlong Festival" in 2009 in New York City and Gina Bachauer Internation
 al Festival in 2014 in Utah. \n\nHe was also featured at "Keys to the Futu
 re" Contemporary Music Concert Series in 2009 and 2010 in New York City. H
 is performance of Vuk Kulenovic's "Virginal" in Le Poisson Rouge on the cl
 osing night of the "Keys to the Future" festival was described as "sensiti
 vely rendered" by New York Times. He was also featured in three special co
 ncerts during Carnegie Hall’s 2010-2011 season.\n\nHighlights from Karé
 n’s 2016- 2017 concert season include guest appearances with the Japan S
 infonia (Tokyo\, Japan)\, Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra (Beirut\, Lebano
 n)\, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra (Yerevan\, Armenia) and the Imperial 
 Orchestra (Montreal\, Canada) as well as solo recitals in Japan\, Argentin
 a\, France\, the United Kingdom\, Canada and the United States.\n\nMr. Hak
 obyan's performances have been broadcasted on WQXR New York's Classical Ra
 dio Station\, WMFT Chicago’s Classical Radio Station\, Argentine Nationa
 l Radio\, Monterrey’s (Mexico) Op. 102 Radio Station\, Utah Public Radio
  89.5 FM and on Armenian National Radio. His live performance of Khatchatu
 rian Piano Concerto in Muza Kawasaki Hall in Tokyo with Mahler Festival Or
 chestra as well as selections from his solo recital in Ichigaya Hall will 
 be released on Altus Cd Label in Japan in 2017.\n\nKarén is the Founder a
 nd Artistic Director of Pegasus: The Orchestra based in New York City and 
 is also the Cultural Program Advisor of Armenia Fund\, USA.
LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York
SUMMARY:Sergey Antonov & Karén Hakobyan: Franck\, Tchaikovsky\, Rachmanino
 ff\, Popper
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/15188-sergey-antonov-karen-hakobyan-fr
 anck-tchaikovsky-rachmaninoff-popper
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