Hayk Hekekyan

OBOE

BIOGRAPHY

Born on 18.09.2005 in Yerevan.

EDUCATION

2011–2013 / Yerevan “Byurakn” General Education Complex

2013–2018 / “Vardanank” Educational Complex

2018–2020 / Yerevan John Kirakosyan Secondary School No. 20
2020–2023 / Kh. Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University High School

2012–2022 / Sayat-Nova Music School
Piano Department (teachers: S. Ilkhazyan, L. Arushanyan, K. Elchyan)
National Instruments Department – Shvi class (teacher: H. Asatryan)
Wind Department – Oboe class (teacher: Harutyun Shakhkyan)

In 2023 he was admitted to the Cologne University of Music and Dance (Germany) in the class of Christian Wetzel and to the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.

Currently studies at the Yerevan State Conservatory (class of L. Safaryan).

From the age of three Hayk sang in the “Little Singers of Armenia” Choir. From the age of six he attended the preparatory class of the music school. Besides piano, shvi and oboe, he also studied the dhol.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

“Art Music” VII–X International Arts Competition-Festivals, Armenia, 2016–2020
II Prize, I Prize, I Prize, and twice Grand Prix

Masterclasses within the framework of the “YerazArt” Summer Music School (teacher: H. Shakhkyan)

Annual YerazArt Festival Gala Concerts, Armenia, 2016–2023

“Renaissance” IX–XI International Competition-Festivals, Armenia, 2017–2019
First Prize

Otar Taktakishvili International Competition, Georgia, 2018
Diploma

Opening Ceremony of the Francophonie Summit in Armenia, 2018

Two-stage Competition for Wind Instruments, Yerevan and Gyumri, Armenia, 2019
First Prize

“Nutcracker” International Television Competition, Russia, 2019

Online Competition of the Music for Future Cultural Foundation, selected among the 10 scholarship recipients, Armenia, 2020

“North International Online Competition”, Sweden, 2020
Second Prize

“Talents of Europe” International Two-Stage Online Competition, Spain, 2021
First Prize

“Silk Road” International Two-Stage Online Competition dedicated to Sergei Prokofiev, Russia, 2021
First Prize

8th Stockholm International Three-Stage Online Competition, Sweden, 2021
First Prize and Audience Award Diploma

“Nouvelles Etoiles” Online Competition for Young Talented Musicians, France, 2021
First Prize

Medici International Music Two-Stage Online Competition, Belgium, 2021
First Prize

InClassica International Music Festival (European Foundation for Support of Culture), within the framework of the Middle East Classical Music Academy, 48 masterclasses, 44 concerts, performance with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (Artistic Director: Sergey Smbatyan, guest conductor: Felix Korobov), UAE, 2021

Online Competition of the Music for Future Cultural Foundation, selected among 15 participants out of 86 applicants and became a scholarship recipient, Armenia, 2021

15th Youth Delphic Games of the CIS Countries (online), Russia, 2021
Diploma

Philadelphia International Music Festival Online Competition for Concert Performances, USA, 2021
First Prize

Competition organized by YerazArt for providing a wind instrument – winner of the professional oboe provided by YerazArt and YAMAHA, Armenia, 2021

London Classical Music Competition (two-stage online competition), United Kingdom, 2022
First Prize

“AGBU Discovers Talents” Competition for Wind Instrument Performers, Armenia, 2022
Grand Prize

“Grand Piano in Palace” 6th International Music Competition-Festival, Saint Petersburg – Yerevan, 2022

65th Summer Academy Collegium Musicum, Pommersfelden, Weissenstein Castle, Germany, 2022

International Summer Academy (ISA) Wind Instrument Masterclasses in Peuerbach (Professor Christian Wetzel), Austria, 2022

Tokyo International Music Competition (online), Japan, 2022
First Prize

Opening Ceremony of the “Moscow Meets Friends” Festival, performance with the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra, Artistic Director and Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov, Russia, 2022

“BTHVN Vienna” International Online Competition, Austria, 2022
Third Prize

“Amadeus” International Online Competition, Austria, 2022
First Prize

“Birmingham” International Online Competition, United Kingdom, 2022
Second Prize

“Euterpe” International Online Competition, Germany, 2023
First Prize

Masterclasses within the Forum Artium Program in Osnabrück (Professor Christian Wetzel), Germany, 2023

5th Tsinandali International Classical Music Festival, Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, Georgia, 2023

Anton Rubinstein International Oboe Online Competition, Germany, 2023
Second Prize

MASTERCLASSES

Within the framework of the Sayat-Nova Music School

Filipp Nodel / Russia

Within the framework of the YerazArt Academy

Koichi Osada / Japan
Martin Frutiger / Switzerland
Christoph Hartmann / Germany

Within the framework of the Music for Future Foundation

Pavel Orlov / Russia
Lior Mechel / Israel
Martine Varnick / Estonia, Germany
Hansjörg Schellenberger / Germany
Maxim Orekhov / Russia

Other

Christian Wetzel / Germany
Patrice Barse / France

CONCERT PERFORMANCES

Performance with the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra, conductor Karen Durgaryan (2021, Armenia), conductor Ruben Asatryan (2021, Armenia)

Performance with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Sergey Smbatyan, conductor Felix Korobov (UAE, 2021) and conductor S. Smbatyan (Armenia, 2022)

Performance with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director Sergey Stadler, conductor Pavel
Petrenko, St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Hall (Russia, 2021)

Performance with the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sergey Tararin, Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music (Russia, 2022)

Performance with the Moscow Virtuosi State Chamber Orchestra, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Vladimir Spivakov, Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music (Russia, 2022)

Performance with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor H. Arzumanyan (Armenia, 2022), conductor R. Asatryan (Armenia, 2023)

OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Scholarship recipient of the Music for Future Cultural Foundation

Scholarship recipient of the Artis Futura International Foundation for the Preservation and Development of Culture and Arts

Member of the “New Names” Program for Young Talents

INTERESTS

Besides music, Hayk is also passionate about photography. He enjoys reading and sometimes writes creative works, including essays and poetry. He is an avid football enthusiast and knows the biographies of many famous football players by heart. He can even describe the trajectory of their goals and recall in which minute of the match they were scored. Whatever Hayk loves, he devotes himself to completely. Above all, he loves his oboe.