His meeting with Boris Belkin played a major role in his development, placing him among the worthy heirs of the Russian violin school that evolved in the West.
Since then, David Haroutunian!s musical life has developed rapidly: he has appeared as soloist with prestigious orchestras (the National Philharmonic Orchestras of Armenia and Russia, the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra). He has performed as soloist with prestigious orchestras (the National Philharmonic Orchestras of Armenia and Russia, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire de Paris, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, the SWR Freiburg) and throughout the world, in international concert halls, during concert seasons and festivals: Leipzig Gewandhaus, New York Carnegie Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Radio France Auditorium, Salle Cortot in Paris, Budapest Philharmonic, Palazzo Chigi Saracini in Siena.
Khatchatourian - the unpublished sonata
Shortly before the pandemic, David Haroutunian met Karen Khatchatourian, the composer!s son, at the end of a Paris concert dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Aram Khatchatourian!s death. Touched by his performance, he gave them the score of a sonata for violin and piano, written in the 1930s and long unpublished.
This two-movement work, with its avant-garde overtones, reveals a little-known face of the young Khatchatourian. Unpublished, no doubt due to the artistic climate under the Soviet regime, it already bears witness to a singular language blending harmonic audacity and popular inspiration.
As in the rest of his work, the imprint of Armenian folklore is palpable - reflecting a heritage that Khatchatourian shares with Komitas, his spiritual elder. Through this sonata, a whole musical memory resurfaces, between melancholic nostalgia and dancing energy, at the heart of Armenian identity.
Hommage à Eugène Ysaÿe
This program celebrates one of the major figures of modern violin: Eugène Ysaÿe, visionary performer, sensitive composer and muse of a whole section of French Romanticism.
Two masterpieces are dedicated to him: Franck's famous Sonata in A major, a gift for his wedding, and Chausson's Concert, a masterly blend of lyricism and architecture. These emblematic pieces are matched by Ysaÿe's own voice as a composer, with two dreamy Mazurkas and his Ballade for solo violin - a compendium of dramatic virtuosity.
Between salon and concert, this program highlights the legacy of a romanticism both intimate and flamboyant, where the violin becomes the messenger of fraternal emotions and profound musical dialogues.
PARIS - Ville lumière DEBUSSY - KOMITAS
The voice of Armenia, Komitas makes the stones and songs of a thousand-year-old people resonate, sublimating them in music that is both learned and deeply rooted. In 1906, his concert at the Sorbonne, organized by Louis Laloy, shocked Parisian audiences. Among the audience was Claude Debussy, who, moved to tears, knelt before Komitas and declared: "I bow before your genius, Holy Father.
This program highlights this singular dialogue, in which pieces by Komitas and Debussy shed light on each other. The violin and piano become conduits for an exchange beyond words - a musical conversation between two fraternal souls.