Karen Movsesyan: biography and creativity

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Movsesyan Karen Arutyunovich was born on April 3, 1978 in Armenia, in Yerevan. This singer is a soloist at the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, the audience of which can hear the artist's baritone. This person participated in performances for children: "The Prince and the Pauper", "The Story of Kai and Gerda", "Amal and the Night Guests".

Biography

Karen Movsesyan in 1995-2000 attended the Yerevan State Conservatory named after Komitas, where he studied in the class of Professor Arutyunov, Honored Artist of Armenia. Karen's speci alty is "Vocal Art". In 2000, Movsesyan was awarded a diploma, he was awarded the qualification "Opera Singer".

Concert activity

Karen Movsesyan has joined the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. On this stage, he performed as part of four solo concerts. All of them were sold out. On April 3, 2009, the performer celebrated his birthday in the Great Halltheater, where he presented a solo concert, which he dedicated to the memory of People's Artist Muslim Magomayev.

This performer repeated the concert several times on other stages of the city, as well as in Akademgorodok, in the House of Scientists. Movsesyan participates in concerts of opera arias, foreign and Russian romances. The performer performs at government and city concerts held in the theater, as well as at federal and regional events.

The artist repeatedly took part in various joint concerts, going on the same stage with famous musicians, entertainers and singers of Russia. The performer actively performs on television and radio, in particular in the Novosibirsk region. Karen Movsesyan's concert program includes Soviet and Neapolitan songs, Russian romances and opera arias.

During his stay in Russia, the singer performed in many regions and cities of the Russian Federation: Altai Territory, Gornaya Shoria, Berdsk, Omsk, Barnaul, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk. In 2010, Movsesyan held a number of opera concerts in Versailles and Paris.

In addition, in Novosibirsk, he recorded his debut song album, which included songs by Arno Babajanyan. In 2011, his second album was released. It was recorded together with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra. The conductor was People's Artist Gusev. In 2011, the singer's first solo concert was held in Moscow at the Central House of Scientists.

Repertoire

Karen Movsesyan's songs please with variety and multiplicity. ATThe performer's repertoire includes about 50 arias, 20 Neapolitan and 200 Soviet military-patriotic and pop songs.

Also, the singer has stock recordings created on television and radio of Armenia. Karen Movsesyan performed opera parts for such works as The Queen of Spades, Iolanthe, Faust, La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Pagliacci, Carmen, La Traviata, The Marriage of Figaro, Prince Igor”, “Boris Godunov”, “Inspector”, “Boyar Morozova”, “Anush”, “Mass”.

There are oratorios and cantatas in the work of the performer: Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Rachmaninov's Spring. The singer's discography includes the following albums: "My Destiny", "How Young We Were", "Bridges".