Medea Abrahamyan

Medea Abrahamyan
Medea Abrahamyan
Background information
Birth name	Medea Abrahamyan
Born	8 March 1932; Yerevan, Transcaucasian SFSR
Died	3 March 2021 (aged 88); Yerevan, Armenia
Occupation	cellist
Instrument	cello

Medea Abrahamyan (Armenian: Մեդեա Աբրահամյան; 8 March 1932 – 3 March 2021) was an Armenian cellist, People’s Artist of Armenian SSR (1980) and Professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (1983).

Biography

Medea Abrahamyan was born in 1932 in Yerevan. She received her musical education at the ten-year Tchaikovsky Music School of Yerevan and later at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. In 1956, she graduated from Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and was one of the students of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. She was a recipient of awards at the Vihaan International Festival of Arts (2nd Prize, 1955), the First Youth Festival of Armenia (1st Prize, 1957) and the Moscow All-Union Competition for Cellists (1st Prize, 1961).

Medea Abrahamyan performed in numerous countries, including France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Iceland, Korea, the United States, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Syria, Lebanon, the republics of the former USSR and more. Alongside her performances of the works of classical and contemporary composers, the works of Armenian composers for the cello formed a major part of her performances. Moreover, she performed most of these works for the first time, and those works have been created with her direct participation and have been dedicated to her.^[1]

Alongside her concerts, Abrahamyan also lectured at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and the ten-year Tchaikovsky School for decades.^[2] She has taught students of different nationalities and educated generations of musicians in her classroom, which is now widely recognized in not only Armenia, but also abroad.^[3]

She was a member of the juries of several international, All-Union and republican competitions and gave master classes.

Awards

State Prize of the Armenian SSR, 1973
People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, 1980
Professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, 1983
Knight of Armenian Art, 2007
1st Degree Medal for Services to Homeland, 2012^[4]
Honorable citizen of the Bulgarian city of Russe
RA Prime Minister's Gold Medal, 2016
The major recipient of the Nairi Pan-Armenian music festival, 2017

Bibliography

Books

Anna Barsamyan; Araksi Saryan, "Medea Abrahamyan", Yerevan, 2000 (in Armenian)
Medea Abrahamyan, "Կատարողի մտորումներ", Yerevan, 2014 (in Armenian and Russian)
Rosa Yeghiazaryan, " Solo for cello", Yerevan, 2016 (in Armenian)
Sergey Manvelyan, "Medea Abrahamyan", Yerevan, 2016 (in Armenian)

Journal & newspaper articles

Mladá fronta, 1955, 3.června, Praha
Рачев Х., Един незабравим концерт, Червено знаме, 1958, 28 ноември, Видин, България
조선 방문 쏘련 예술단 본도 공연, 평얀, 평얀, 1960, 7 월 29 일
Jihlava, 1963, červen, Československo
Саакян Н., Глубокая душа виолончели, Коммунист, Ереван, 1969, 5 октября
Le soir, 1972, 28 décembre, Beyrouth, Liban
Հովհաննիսյան Արմեն, Նվիրում և վաստակ, Սովետական Հայաստան, Երևան, 1973, սեպտեմբերի 23
Cabrera N., Ciclo musical en el Coliseo: No sólo para Armenios, Clarin, Buenos Aires, 2 de mayo de 1973
F. E., Embajada Apabullante, El País, 24 de mayo de 1973, Montevideo, Uruguay
Բերկո Մարինա, Նվիրվում է Մեդեա Աբրահամյանին..., Սովետական արվեստ, Երևան, 1978, № 2, էջ 45-48:
Золотова И., Источник взаимного обогащения (Медея Абрамян и армянская виолончельная соната), Советская музыка, Москва, 1978, № 8, с. 83-86.
Բրուտյան Ց., Հայաստան աշխարհի հրաշքներից մեկը, Հայաստան, Երևան, 1994, մայիսի 12
Грицевич В., На концерте Медеи Абрамян, Монреаль-Торонто, 1997, Монреаль, Канада
Դանիել Երաժիշտ, Միջազգային մրցույթների հայազգի առաջին դափնեկիրները, Երաժշտական Հայաստան, Երևան, 2010, № 2, էջ 61-62:
Sarkisian S., Ritterin der armenischen Kunst: Medea Abrahamyan, Köln, 2013, № 1, s. 34-35.
Рухкян М., Вы рождены для виолончели, Новое время, Ереван, 1999, 30 января, с. 4.

References

^ Zirin, Mary; Livezeanu, Irina; Worobec, Christine D.; Farris, June Pachuta (2015-03-26). Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: A Comprehensive Bibliography Volume I: Southeastern and East Central Europe (Edited by Irina Livezeanu with June Pachuta Farris) Volume II: Russia, the Non-Russian Peoples of the Russian. Routledge. ISBN 9781317451976.
^ qktheme. "BAGRATUNI Vache | Armenian World Orchestra". awo2015.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
^ "TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AND CONCERT DEVOTED TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIOLONCELLIST MEDEA ABRAHAMYAN". www.gatmuseum.am. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
^ "Honorary Medal of Armenia". president.am. Retrieved 2017-09-19.

External links

[1] Zirin, Mary; Livezeanu, Irina; Worobec, Christine D.; Farris, June Pachuta (2015-03-26). Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: A Comprehensive Bibliography Volume I: Southeastern and East Central Europe (Edited by Irina Livezeanu with June Pachuta Farris) Volume II: Russia, the Non-Russian Peoples of the Russian. Routledge. ISBN 9781317451976.

[awo2015-2] qktheme. "BAGRATUNI Vache | Armenian World Orchestra". awo2015.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-19.

[3] "TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AND CONCERT DEVOTED TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIOLONCELLIST MEDEA ABRAHAMYAN". www.gatmuseum.am. Retrieved 2017-09-18.

[ref-927823772-4] "Honorary Medal of Armenia". president.am. Retrieved 2017-09-19.

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