Hayk Hekekyan

Education:

• Student at Cologne Academy of Music and Dance as a Oboe Student, Bachelor of Music, (class of 2028) Teacher: Christian Wetzel • Graduated from Sayat-Nova School of Music in 2023 Teacher: Harutyun Shakhkyan

Awards

• Salzburg International Competition, 2025, 1st Prize, Austria • Brahms International Music Competition, Absolute Winner, Poland, 2025 • Saint-Saens International Music Competition, Grand Prize, Great Britain, 2025 • Winner of the first Emerging Artist Program: Recording&Releases for Armenian Musicians, by Primavera foundation, 2025, Armenia • Finalist of the “Classical Eurovision 2024“, Norway • XI Stockholm International Music Competition, I Prize, Sweden, 2024 • “Fanny Mendelssohn” International Competition, Absolute First Prize, Belgium, 2024 • “The Road to Classical Eurovision” Winner – Selection of the Armenian Participant, 2024 • “Euterpe” International Music Competition, I Prize, Germany, 2023 “Anton Rubinshtein International Competition Woodwinds-Oboe”, II Prize, Germany, 2023 • “Tsinandali 5th Festival”, Selected as a member of the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, Georgia, 2023 • “Birmingham International Music Competition”, II Prize, Great Britain, 2022 • “Amadeus” International Music Competition, I Prize, Austria, 2022 • “BTHVN Wien” International Music Competition, III Prize, Austria, 2022 • “Tokio International Music Competition”, I Prize, Japan, 2022 • “Moscow Meets Friends” International Festival, Performance with chamber orchestra “Moscow Virtuosi,” Russia, 2022 • “AGBU Discovers Talents” Wind Instruments Competition** Grand Prix, Armenia, 2022 • “Medici International Music Competition”, I Prize, Belgium, 2021 • “Young and Talented Musicians International Competition “Nouvelles Etoiles”, I Prize, France, 2021 • VIII Stockholm International Music Competition, I Prize and Audience Choice Award, Sweden, 2021 • International Competition Dedicated to S. Prokofiev “Silk Way”, I Prize, Russia, 2021 • “Talents of Europe” International Art Festival&Contest, I Prize, Spain, 2021 • “The North International Music Competition”, II Prize, Sweden, 2020 • “Music for Future Foundation” M4FF Online Competition, One of 10 Winners, Armenia, 2020 • “The Nutcracker XX” International Competition, Russia, 2019 • “Wind Instruments Grand Competition”, I Prize, Armenia, 2019 • “Art Music” Grand Prix, Armenia, 2018, 2020 • “Otar Taktakishvili International Competition”, Diploma, Georgia, 2018 • “Renaissance” I Prize, Armenia, 2017, 2019

Accolades:

• Member of “New Names” International Program of Young Talents • Member of “Artis Futura” International Foundation for the Preservation and Development of Culture and Art  • Member of “Music for Future Foundation”  • Member of the Little Singers of Armenia choir, 2008-2023 • Participant in the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra at the Tsinandali Festival, Georgia, 2023

• Participated in the “Collegium Musicum” 65th International Summer Academy Pommersfelden, Germany, 2022  • Master Classes for Wind Soloists during “International Summer Academy” Payerbach, Austria, 2022  • Graduated from Sayat-Nova School of Music with honors and a medal from the piano and oboe departments, 2023 • Concert of the International Fund “Artis Futura” at the Moscow International Music House with the Moscow Symphonic Orchestra “Russian Philharmony,” Russia, 2021  • Inclassica Festival and Middle East Classical Music Academy, 44 concerts and 48 master-classes, UAE, 2021  • Jubilee Concert of the International Fund “Artis Futura” at the St. Petersburg Concert Hall with the St. Petersburg Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Pavel Petrenko, Russia, 2021  • The 15th Youth Delphic Games of the CIS Member States, Diploma, Russia, 2021  • Philadelphia International Music Festival’s Semi-Annual Virtual Concerto Competition, I Prize, USA, 2021

Experience:

• Performed with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia (NCOA), conducted by Karen Durgaryan 2020, Ruben Asatryan 2021, Harutyun Arzumanyan 2024 Yerevan. • Performed with the Armenian State Symphonic Orchestra (ASSO), conducted by Feliks Korobov, 2021, Dubai, UAE , conducted by Sergei Smbatyan, 2022, 2024 Yerevan, 2024 Dilidjan, Armenia. • Performed with the St. Petersburg Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Pavel Petrenko, 2021, St. Petersburg, Russia • Performed with the Moscow Symphonic Orchestra “Russian Philharmony”, conducted by Sergey Tararin, 2022, Moscow, Russia • Performed with the Chamber Orchestra “Moscow Virtuosi”, conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, 2022, Moscow, Russia • Performed with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by H. Arzumanyan, 2022, conducted by R. Asatryan, 2023, N. Mkrtchyan 2024, Yerevan, Armenia. • Performed with the Broadcasting Orchestra of Norway, cond. by Eivind Aadland, 2024, Bodo, Norway. - Participated in several concerts, festivals, seminars, and symposiums worldwide