NAJI HAKIM
NAJI HAKIM

Avetis Gyogchyan, cello

 
Born in 1964 and educated  in Armenia. 
In  1993 awarded by Hovarts Association/USA/  for best performance  in contemporary music contest.
He was appointed  as concertmaster/soloist in  many ensembles and orchestras  such as  Philharmonia  Europa/USA/, Armenian String Virtuosi  and many more, also held a contract with ArrivaDiva Artists/UK/  agency as concert artist. 
Since 2007 Avetis Gyogchyan contracted with Lebanese Philharmonic orchestra.
His repertoire  includes  wide range of authors and epochs, such as Bach, Ysaye, Hindemith, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Saint -Saens, Tchaikovsky,  and  many more...
In 2014 Avetis premiered  Cello Concerto by Abdallah Masria  which is the first opus of such genre  in Lebanese  Music History.
In 2020  during  benevolent online fundraising  Avetis performed  Dr. Naji Hakim's  newly composed  Prelude et Habanera for Cello Solo  and he feels very proud to be dedicatee  of these very characteristic  pieces.
Avetis Gyogchyan is married to viola player Anna Gyogchyan and have  two children.