Anna Asatryan - Hovhannes Nalbandyan: the first great Armenian violinist
22 Pages | 26-48 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2022.1-26 | Revceived on: 2022-02-21 | Reviewed on: 2022-03-01 | Accepted for printing on: 2022-03-10
Published in: 2022 N 1 (219) / Articles, reports
Outstanding violinist and pedagogue, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1926), Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1937) Hovhannes Romanovich Nalbandyan (Hovhannes Arakelovich, 1871–1942) is the brightest symbol of Armenian-Russian musical ties. Born in Simferopol (Crimea), he lived and acted in St. Petersburg for many years. The northern capital of Russia became his second homeland. A graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Professor H. R. Nalbandyan taught for 47 years at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and then at the Leningrad Conservatory. Through Nalbandyan, the connection between the Auer violin school and the Soviet violin art was realized.
KeywordsHovhannes Nalbandyan artist virtuoso violinist pedagogue St. Petersburg Conservatory memoirs P. Sarasate L. Auer.