Emmanuel Tjeknavorian

Emmanuel Tjeknavorian has been named the next Music Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, a position he will take up in the 2024/25 season.

“This season he makes his conducting debuts with a number of orchestra, including the Dresdner Philharmonie, Copenhagen’s DR Symfoniorkestret, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, the Orchestra della Toscana and the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France. Elsewhere, he makes return appearances with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano and the Wiener Symphoniker, among others.
In recent seasons, Tjeknavorian has performed as guest conductor with a wide range of orchestras, including the Filarmonica della Scala, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, the Gürzenich Orchester Köln, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Brucknerorchester Linz and the Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE. He has also conducted ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien in a concert performance of Johann Strauss’ operetta "Die Fledermaus" at the Grazer Musikverein.
Prior to embarking on his career as a conductor, Tjeknavorian made a name for himself internationally as a solo violinist, having performed in the world’s most renowned concert halls alongside many of the leading musicians of our time. He plays a violin by Antonio Stradivari (Cremona 1698), on generous loan from a patron of the Beare’s International Violin Society.
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian is an OPUS Klassik award winner and has released several recordings as both a violinist and a conductor. Since 2017, he has hosted a monthly radio show, "Der Klassik-Tjek,” in Vienna on Radio Klassik Stephansdom. As part of the show he discusses classical music with well-known personalities from other fields, showcasing his passion for finding ways to make the music accessible to a wider audience. He is also involved in numerous projects in support of young musicians. For several years, he has had a close collaboration with the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie, the top ensemble of German music schools. During the current academic year, he serves as a teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.”

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