Gewandhaus names young Armenian as principal cello
mainGayane Khachatryan, 23, from Yerevan, has won the audition for Vorspieler of the Gewandhausorchester cello section, equivalent to assistant principal.
Gayane is a former member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and a graduate of the Gewandhaus Mendelssohn-Orchesterakademie.
Any relation to Sergey and Lusine Khachatryan?
I don’t believe she is related to Sergey and Lusine.
Sergey, Lusine and their parents moved to Germany 1993, Gayane didn’t come to Germany until 2011/2012 sometime and her immediate family still resides in Armenia.
No, she is definitely not. She has a sister though, who plays violin.
Norman didnt even mention that they have also a new concertmaster since december …
So before writing about “new principal cello” which is actually 3.chair , maybe check other informations !
And where is this 1. Concertmaster coming from……..? (Mr Lebrecht, do you not interesst yourself for News from Gewandhaus not about ladys?!) In Germany this is, naturaly, big News.
The Gewandhausorchester’s new 1st Concertmaster is currently a Concertmaster in (arguably/depending on ones personal views) the top German orchestra…..Herr Andreas Buschatz.
Yes ☺