Emmanuel Tjeknavorian – violin
Maximilian Kromer – piano

Emmanuel Tjeknavorian came to international attention when he won the second prize at the Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition in 2015. He also received the special prize for the best interpretation of the Sibelius’ violin concerto for his performance with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. In September 2014 he was the first Austrian in the history of the International Fritz Kreisler Competition to make it to the final round, where he won third prize. Two months later, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian was honoured at the Vienna Volkstheater with the Casinos Austria Rising Star Award to great acclaim.

In addition to the Vienna Musikverein and Vienna Konzerthaus, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian has appeared with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra della Toscana, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra in his US debut at the Boston Symphony Hall. His appearance at the opening of Vienna Festival Weeks at the Vienna city hall square, which was transmitted live throughout Europe, counts among the high points of the young violinist’s career to date.

PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Violin sonata No. 22 in A Major, K. 305 (293d)
Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Fantasia in C Major, D. 934
Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Violin sonata in G minor, L 140
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974): Cinéma-fantaisie d’aprés Le bœuf sur le toit
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962): Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta