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Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev named Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan [PHOTO]

27 September 2018 15:41 (UTC+04:00)
Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev named Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan [PHOTO]

By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan's talented violinist Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev has been presented with the certificate and badge of the honorary title of the Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan.

The Minister of Culture Abulfas Garayev said that according to the relevant decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev awarded the title of Honoured Artist for merits in the development of Azerbaijani culture.

The minister highly appreciated the activity of the musician in propaganda and development of Azerbaijani culture, and wished him further creative successes.

Elvin expressed gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev for the state care of creative youth.

The 21-year-old violinist has successfully participated in many competitions and festivals. His name is included in the Golden Book of Azerbaijan's young talents.

The musician was born in Ankara into a musical family. His grandfather, Server Ganiyev, was famous conductor and violinist, his father is a lead cellist, and his mother, a pianist.

Elvin started play violin, when he was 5 years old, and when he was 6 years he was sufficiently proficient to join the Music Preparatory Primary School at the Bilkent University. At 8 years, he gave his first orchestral concert with his grandfather, and, during the same year, he was admitted to the Zurich Conservatory Young Student programme as a student of the legendary Zakhar Bron (with whom he still studies).

In 2005, Elvin became a member of Cihat Askın and Young Friends (CAKA) and in 2006 he was awarded 1st prize in the International Classical Culture Heritage competition in Moscow.

He has always performed with renowned conductors, such as Zubin Mehta, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Zakhar Bron, Sasha Goetzel, Gürer Aykal, Rauf Abdullayev, Server Ganiyev, Rengim Gokmen, Naci Ozguuc, Valery Vorona, Klaus Weise, Placido Domingo ,Erol Erdinc, Jules van Hessen, Ender Sakpınar, Nikolay Lalov, and David Bernard. He has worked with masters, such as Zakhar Bron,Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Ivri Gitlis, Cihat Aşkın, Fazıl Say,Viktor Pikayzen, Yusif Eyvazov, and Güher-Süher Pekinel.

The talented violonist is the winner of different international festivals, including the 11th International Young Violinist Competition after Wieniawski and Lipinski (Poland), International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Switzerland), "Classical Heritage" International Competition (Russia), and “Night in Madrid” festival-contest (Spain).

He has received many honours and many awards including a medal from the Pope.

Recently, Elvin won a gold medal at the Seocnd International Music Competition in Berlin.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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