Narek Hakhnazaryan

* Narek Hakhnazaryan is a 19-year-old cellist from Armenia and a winner of the First Prize at the 2008 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
* Narek was born in 1988 into a family of musicians; his mother is a pianist and his father a violinist.
* At the age of 12, Narek began studies at the Moscow Conservatory with Alexey Seleznyov.
* Ludwig Von Beethoven is Narek’s favorite composer.
* Narek is a laureate of several international competitions, including First Prize in the 2006 Aram Khachaturian International.
* Competition in Armenia, First Place in the 2006 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players and Fifth Prize at the 2007 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow.