Chouchane Siranossian (born 1984)[1] is a French violinist.

Chouchane Siranossian
Background information
Born (1984-07-18) 18 July 1984 (age 40)
Romans-sur-Isère, France
Genresclassical, baroque
Instrumentviolin
Websitewww.chouchane-siranossian.com/en

Chouchane Siranossian was born in France of an Armenian family. Her father, Alexandre Siranossian [hyw], is an expert in Armenian music. The cellist Astrig Siranossian is her sister. She began studying the violin with the Hungarian-born violinist and conductor Tibor Varga. After finishing her training with Zakhar Bron in Zurich she became concertmaster of the St Gallen Symphony Orchestra.[2] A few years later she met the early music specialist Reinhard Goebel and began playing the baroque violin.[3]

She received International Classical Music Awards in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Of Siranossian's improvisation on Havun, Havun ("The Bird Was Awake") by the 10th-century Armenian mystic Krikor Naregatsi, the music critic Fiona Maddocks wrote in The Guardian: "Here was infinity in the palm of Siranossian’s hand, eternity in a metropolitan lunch hour."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Notice de personne "Siranossian, Chouchane (1984-....)" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  2. ^ "Violinist Chouchane Siranossian: 'Musical expression comes more from the right hand then from the left hand'". pizzicato.lu. 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Chouchane Siranossian (Violin)". Bach Cantatas website.
  4. ^ "The week in classical: La forza del destino; Bayerisches Staatsorchester/ Jurowksi; Chouchane Siranossian – review". The Guardian. 23 September 2023.