Chouchane Siranossian | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 18 July 1984 Romans-sur-Isère, France |
| Genres | classical, baroque |
| Instrument | violin |
| Website | www |
Chouchane Siranossian (born 1984) [1] is a French violinist.
Chouchane Siranossian was born in France of an Armenian family. Her father, Alexandre Siranossian , 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]
