Ovsanna Harutyunyan

VIOLIN

BIOGRAPHY

Born on 07.08.2006 in Yerevan.

EDUCATION

2018 – present / Yerevan Tchaikovsky Secondary Specialized Music School
Teachers: Bagrat Suren Vardanyan (Head of the String Department, Professor),
Astghik Vardanyan (Concertmaster of the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra)

2012 – 2018 / Yerevan Yeghishe Charents Basic School No. 67

2011 – 2018 / Yerevan Barsegh Kanachyan Art School No. 17
Teacher: Karmen Derenik Harutyunyan (Head of the String Department)

Has been studying music since the age of 5.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

Aram and Sherry Minassian Scholarship, Australia, 2023

Kapan International Music Festival, Armenia, 2023

Caneres International Music Competition, Vienna, Austria (online), 2023
Second Prize

Atken Armenian Foundation International Summer Music Academy – “Zartonk” Academy Resilience through Music, Artsakh, 2022

15th Youth Delphic Games of the CIS Member States, 2021
Second Prize

Scholarship recipient of the Music for Future Cultural Foundation, 2021/2022, Armenia

Asatryan Scholarship by renowned Armenian jazz pianist and composer Karen Asatryan, 2020

“Harmonium OnlinePlus” First International Online Music Competition, String Section, Young Artists Category (up to 18 years old)
Fourth Prize

Musical Fireworks in Baden-Württemberg, Strings Category, Violin Solo, Age Group B, Germany, 2020
Absolute Winner / Assoluto Prize

Tatiana Hayrapetyan Named Scholarship, 2019

1st International Competition for Musicians “Mozart-2019”, Armenia, 2019
Grand Prix

Participation in festivals in the cities of Valence and Romans, and masterclasses at the Summer School of the Valence Romans Agglo Conservatory (France), 2019

“AGBU Discovers Talents” Competition, Strings Category (11–15 age group), Armenia, 2019
First Prize and Instrument Award (Violin)

Scholarship recipient of the I. Voronova Interregional Charitable Public Foundation “New Names”

Member of the Golden Fund of the Arno Babajanyan Memorial Foundation

“Renaissance” VII International Competition-Festival for Musicians and Performers, Strings Category (8–10 age group), Gyumri, 2015
First Degree Laureate

“Art Music” VI National Arts Competition-Festival, Strings Category (up to 12 age group), Yerevan, 2015
Second Prize

3rd International Festival “Harmony”, 2014
Participation Diploma and Laureate Title

“Renaissance” V International Competition-Festival for Musicians and Performers, Strings Category (8–10 age group), Gyumri, 2013
Third Degree Laureate

Participation in competitions and festivals of Yerevan Municipality Music and Art Schools with high results.

MASTERCLASSES

Within the framework of the Music for Future Cultural Foundation:

Lars Anders Tomter / Austria
Graf Mourja / Russia-Hungary
Zhanna Gandelman / Israel
Fumiaki Miura / Japan
Dora Schwarzberg / Austria
Gil Shaham / USA
Haik Kazazyan / Russia
Zohrab Tadevosyan / Armenia-Spain
Sergey Dogadin / Russia
Kristóf Baráti / Hungary
Giovanni Andrea Zanon / Italy
Marc Bouchkov / Belgium
Nancy Zhou / USA
Sergey Krylov / Russia
François Pineau-Benois / France
Jennifer Pike / United Kingdom
Stephen Waarts / Netherlands-USA

Within the framework of the Kapan International Music Festival:

Hrachya Avanesyan / Belgium
Karen Shahgaldyan / Armenia
Haik Kazazyan / Russia

Within the framework of the “Zartonk” International Summer Music Academy of the Atgen Armenian Foundation:

Martik Bazarjan / Canada
Van Armenian / Canada

Other

Robert Stepanyan / Armenia-France
Levon Chilingirian / United Kingdom
Sergey Khachatryan / Armenia-Germany
Ara Bogdanyan / Russia
Savely Shalman / Russia
Hmayak Durgaryan / Spain

CONCERT PERFORMANCES

Performance at the organ presentation concert with Professor Garry Yeprikian (organ) of the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, Yerevan Tchaikovsky Secondary Specialized Music School, 2023

Performance within the framework of the Kapan International Music Festival with musicians Marianna Shirinyan (piano, Denmark) and Sevak Avanesyan (cello, Belgium), 2023

Within the framework of the Music for Future Cultural Foundation:

Performance at the concert of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation, Zaryadye Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia, September 2022

Performances at concerts organized by the founder of the Asatryan Foundation, Klagenfurt, Austria, 2022

Performance with the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra within the program “Road to the Young” (soloist), 2020

Performance with musicians of the Armenian National Chamber Orchestra within the OPUS 5 International Music Festival, 2020

Performance within the framework of the 10th Competition-Festival of Yerevan Municipality Music and Art Schools (soloist), Final Gala Concert, Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, 2017

INTERESTS

Enjoys drawing, reading, and watching films.