Narek Hekekyan

Education:

• Student at the Zurich University of the Arts • Studied at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory as a Cello Student, Bachelor of Music, • Graduated from Sayat-Nova School of Music in Yerevan Awards: • Salzburg International Competition, 1st Prize, Austria, 2025 • Bach International Competition, Absolute Winner, Poland, 2025 • Winner of the Audience Award of the Primavera “Recording&Releases for Emerging Artists Program 2025” • International Shubert Competition, 2025, 1st Prize, Austria • Europian Virtuoso Music Awards, 2025, Gold Prize, Germany • World’s Best Musicians Competition, 2023, 1st Prize, Outstanding Laureate, Poland • String Competition Online, 2023, 1st Prize, Poland • Birmingham International Music Competition, 2023, 2nd Prize, United Kingdom • London Classical Music Competition, 2022, 2nd Prize, United Kingdom • Tokyo International Music Competition, Japan, 2022, 1st Prize, Japan • Amadeus International Music Competition, 2022, 2nd Prize, Austria • The International BTHVN Wien Music Competition, 2022, 1st Prize, Austria • Medici International Music Competition 2021, 1st Prize, Belgium • International Music Competition Silk Way named after S.Prokofiev, 2021, Grand Prix, Russia • AGBU Discovers Talents String Instruments Competition, 2021, 1st Prize, Armenia • The North International Music Competition, 2020, 2nd Prize, Sweden • Otar Taktakishvili International Competition, 2018, 2nd Prize, Georgia • Art Music International Music Competition, 2018, 1st Prize, Armenia • Resurrection International Music Competition, 2016, 2018, 1st Prize, Armenia

Accolades:

• Accepted by the Zurich University of the Arts, May 2024 • Studying in Norway with the “Erasmus +” program at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, January to June 2024 • Awarded a full scholarship to study at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, 2022 • Participated in the “Collegium Musicum” 65th International Summer Academy, Pommersfelden, Germany, 2022 • Graduated from Sayat-Nova School of Music with honors and a medal from the piano and cello departments, 2019 • Performed at the Jubilee concert of the International Fond Artis Futura at the St. Petersburg Concert Hall of the Academic Capella with the St. Petersburg Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Pavel Petrenko, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2021 • Winner of the Music for Future Foundation online competition, Armenia, 2021 • Cello concertmaster of the Yerevan Youth Orchestra, 2019 • Participant in the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra at the Tsinandali Festival, Georgia, 2019 • Member of the Little Singers of Armenia choir, 2007-2016 Experience: • Participated in Collegium Musicum International Summary Academy, Germany, 2022. 10 symphonic concerts with musicians from 15 different countries (Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Ukraine, Armenia etc.). Six concerts of chamber music (L. Beethoven, J. Verdi, C. Saint-Saens etc.). • Member of a Pan Caucasian Youth Orchestra, Georgia, 2019. Concerts with renowned artists such as Gautier Capuçon, Yuja Wang, Mischa Maisky, Lisa Batiashvili, Sergey Babayan, Gianandrea Noseda, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Lahav Shani, Ying Fang, Pinchas Zukerman, Denis Kozhukhin etc. • Little Singers of Armenia choir, extensive travel and participation in choir festivals and concerts around the world’s most famous concert halls from 2013 to 2016: The Cathedral of St. Michael and St.Gudula in Brussels (Belgium), Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin (Germany), Herning Church in Herning (Denmark), Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen (Denmark), Salle del Castillo in Vevey (Switzerland), St. Martin Church in Geneva (Switzerland), Nodojiman The World TV Show in Tokyo (Japan), Megaron Music hall in Thessaloniki (Greece), Basel Minster in Basel (Switzerland), Theater in Basel (Switzerland), Stadtcasino in Basel (Switzerland) Chateau Valere in Sion (Switzerland) etc.