BIOGRAPHY
Andranik Gaybaryan
started playing violin at the age of 6, and continued studying violin
performance at the famous Rachmaninov
Conservatory of Music in Rostov, Russia. At the same time he
studied violin making with famous Russian luthiers such as Araik Resyan at the Rostov
Conservatory, Yuri Pochekin,
and Vyacheslav Suprun in Moscow.
After graduating with
an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance, Andranik
Gaybaryan was invited to head the restoration department at the
Rachmaninov Conservatory. Simultaneously, he taught courses on
the history of violin making at the Conservatory and the Rostov-on-Don
Art College.
During these years,
Andranik worked with famous Russian
performers to perfect the sound of his violins; his early instruments
were highly praised by famous violinists such as Zakhar Bron,
Sergey Sapozhnikov,
Sergey Kravchenko and others.
In 2002 Andranik
moved to Northampton, Massachusetts where he was able to
tap into resources not available to him in Russia; he studied the works
of Great Masters and worked with world-famous performers to
further perfect the sound of his instruments. In both 2008 and 2009 he
was invited to be a violin repair master for the Marlboro
Music Festival.
Before switching to
work exclusively at his own shop, he worked at Stamell
Stringed Instruments; there he gained experience, as well as
appreciation for
fine instrument restoration while continuing to build
violins, violas and cellos.
Since he moved to the
USA, Andranik Gaybaryan has been steadily gaining a reputation as one
of
the finest violin makers in the country. His instruments are in the
hands of some of today's leading players including: Gil Shaham, Frank Peter
Zimmermann, Oleh Krysa, Vera Beths,
members of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, Julliard School of
Music, Conservatorium
van Amsterdam, Moscow
Conservatory and others.
As a professional
performer, Andranik pays special attention to the sound quality of his
instruments. His perception of sound is enthusiastically shared by the
world's leading musicians including: Gil Shaham, Vadim Repin,
Roman
Totenberg, David Soyer, Albert
Markov, Kim
Kashkashian, Oleh Krysa,
Michael Zaretsky and many
others.
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