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Tigran Arakelyan (born 1987) is an Armenian-American conductor, currently the music director of the Northwest Mahler Festival and Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra.




Education


He has a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Washington and a M.Mus from California State University, Northridge. His musical studies are with Ludovic Morlot, John Barcellona and Paul Taub. Arakelyan participated in masterclasses and festivals at the Conductors Guild, Pierre Monteux School, Idyllwild Music Festival and the Seattle Flute Society. In masterclasses he has worked with David Effron, Stephen Preston, and others. He played in the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic Orchestra.




Career


Arakelyan is the music director of the Northwest Mahler Festival and the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra. Since 2022, Arakelyan is the executive director of Music Works Northwest in Bellevue, Washington.
Arakelyan held conducting positions with the California Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Youth Orchestra and youth orchestras in Bainbridge Island, Federal Way and Bremerton. He played alongside James Galway and the Los Angeles Philharmonic during Galway's induction to the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. Arakelyan conducted regional premieres by Paul Hindemith, James Cohn, Keith Jarrett and Iosif Andriasov. He is a recipient of awards from The American Prize, Global Music Awards and AGBU Performing Arts Fellowship.




Podcast


Arakelyan has done podcast interviews with George Walker, Christian McBride, Mark O'Connor, Sharon Isbin, Richard Stoltzman, Christopher Theofanidis, Ran Blake, Jaime Martin, Melia Watras, Martin Bresnick, JoAnn Falletta, Kris Kwapis, Alphonso Johnson, Leslie Mándoki, Joseph Young, Wadada Leo Smith, Robert Dick and many others.




References






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"Tigran Arakelyan - School of Music - University of Washington". music.washington.edu. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"Tigran Arakelyan - Music of Armenia". Musicofarmenia.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"Guest conductor leads Port Townsend Community Orchestra". Peninsula Daily News. April 28, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"Tigran Arakelyan Recognized with Two Awards and a New Music Director Position". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. June 14, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"Bremerton Youth Symphony names new music director". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
Pianist, The Cross-Eyed (January 18, 2018). "Meet the Artist……Tigran Arakelyan, conductor". The Cross-Eyed Pianist. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"How Life Imitates Conducting an Orchestra… with Maestro Tigran Arakelyan". Thrivinglifeclub.com. December 12, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"Whidbey Island Community Orchestra hires new conductor". South Whidbey Record. September 6, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2019.




External links


Official website
"Port Townsend Symphony".
"Northwest Mahler Festival".

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Nama Armenia
• Tim nasional sepak bola Armenia
• Tigran Arakelyan
• Leslie Mándoki
• Evelyn Glennie
• Kronos Quartet
• George Walker (composer)
• FC Urartu
• Ran Blake
• Joël-François Durand
• Alphonso Johnson
• Richard Stoltzman