Manoukian's education history is unusual for a musician. She did not go to a music school, but trained privately as a violinist with Dorothy DeLay in New York as well as with her parents in Toronto. She also received independent lessons in core musical subjects like harmony and chamber music. This gave her the time to also pursue a non-musical education. She has an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto (with high distinction) and has done graduate-level work in philosophy (focusing on areas like epistemology and the philosophy of mind). She is now on sabbatical from the PhD programme in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Manoukian attributes her interest in philosophy to a desire since childhood to understand what musicians do, from a wider perspective than just playing allows. This has recently grown into a project to apply her philosophical thinking to theories about teaching and developing professional artists. She credits Dorothy DeLay for instilling this interest in her.
catherine, manoukian, this, biography, living, person, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, . This biography of a living person includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Catherine Manoukian born June 2 1981 is an Armenian Canadian violinist Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Background and early life 1 2 Career 1 3 Education 1 4 Instrument 1 5 Personal life 2 Discography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editBackground and early life edit Catherine Manoukian was born in Toronto Her parents were professional violinists and met at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where her father studied with Carlo Van Neste and her mother studied with Arthur Grumiaux Career edit Catherine Manoukian s professional career started when she won grand prize at the Canadian Music Competition at the age of twelve The same year she made her orchestral debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra playing Paganini s Violin Concerto No 1 Since then she has played with many major North American and international orchestras like the CBC Radio Orchestra the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra the Boston Pops Orchestra the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra the Osaka Century Orchestra and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and has worked with such conductors as Mario Bernardi Jukka Pekka Saraste Keith Lockhart Roy Goodman Peter Oundjian Tomomi Nishimoto Seikyo Kim Eduard Topchjan and Jonas Alber She has played on the major stages of such cities as New York Washington D C Boston Los Angeles Toronto Paris Tokyo and Osaka and has appeared as a chamber musician at the Aspen Caramoor and Newport International Festivals She has often played novel and unusual repertoire and recorded a CD of transcriptions for violin of Chopin s music as a teenager Many of the transcriptions among them the Cello Sonata were commissioned by her Education edit Manoukian s education history is unusual for a musician She did not go to a music school but trained privately as a violinist with Dorothy DeLay in New York as well as with her parents in Toronto She also received independent lessons in core musical subjects like harmony and chamber music This gave her the time to also pursue a non musical education She has an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto with high distinction and has done graduate level work in philosophy focusing on areas like epistemology and the philosophy of mind She is now on sabbatical from the PhD programme in philosophy at the University of Toronto Manoukian attributes her interest in philosophy to a desire since childhood to understand what musicians do from a wider perspective than just playing allows This has recently grown into a project to apply her philosophical thinking to theories about teaching and developing professional artists She credits Dorothy DeLay for instilling this interest in her Instrument edit Manoukian plays on an ex Eugene Ysaye 1861 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin She uses bows by Eugene Sartory c 1910 Personal life edit Manoukian is married to conductor Stefan Solyom They live in Sweden Discography editElegies and Rhapsodies 1998 Catherine Manoukian violin Akira Eguchi piano Chopin on Violin 1999 Catherine Manoukian violin Akira Eguchi piano Lyricism 2002 Catherine Manoukian violin Satoshi Sando piano Catherine Manoukian Violin 2006 Shostakovich A minor and Khatchaturian Violin Concertos Catherine Manoukian violin Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra orchestra Eduard Topchjan conductorSee also editList of Canadian musicians Canadian classical music List of violinistsReferences editExternal links editOfficial website Record Company Marquis Classics Record Company Victor Entertainment Management Company Vantage Artists Management Inc Women of Music YouTube part 1 part 2 Amerimage Spectra Inc Women of Music 2004 Catherine Manoukian at Marquis Classics Catherine Manoukian at Victor Entertainment Catherine Manoukian at Vantage Artists Management Inc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Catherine Manoukian amp oldid 1160649050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
