Ani Kalayjian, cellist
Cellist Ani Kalayjian has appeared in concert both as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Canada, and Europe.  Recent competition success includes winning the Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust competition in England where she was also granted the Bohuslav Martinu Foundation Prize, and performed in Prague in November 2006.  Ani completed her masters degree at the Royal Northern College of Music as a student of Ralph Kirshbaum.  Undergraduate studies were at Mannes College of Music as a student of Timothy Eddy.

Ani was one of two cellists accepted into the inaugural season of David Finckel and Wu Han’s Music@Menlo festival.  She has taken part in the International Musician’s Seminar at Prussia Cove , Michael Tilson Thomas’ Carnegie Hall workshop, Pablo Casals Prades festival, Mendelsohn on Mull, Banff, Sarasota, Apeldoorn, London Masterclasses, New York String Seminar, Holland Music Sessions and the RNCM International Cello Festival.  At Prussia Cove, she was featured in a BBC documentary playing in a masterclass with Steven Isserlis.  

Recent concerts have included appearances at the Lichfield Festival (2005 Gordon Clark Scholar), Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove in England, American String Project at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, and a Weill Recital Debut at Carnegie Hall.   An active chamber musician, Ani has collaborated with Jorja Fleezanis, Toby Appel, Ani Kavafian, Kenneth Cooper, Eriko Sato, among others.  Ani’s passion for chamber music has led her to performances on the Mostly Music chamber music series n NJ, as well as a tour with Trio Nareg with Ani Kavafian and Armen Guzelimian including performances at Chamber music in Historic sites, Hermitage Foundation, and Samueli Theatre at the 0range County Performing Arts Center in California.  She recently toured with the Bayside Trio around Maine and Massachusetts, including concerts at University of Southern Maine, Bates College, Elan Fine Arts Gallery, and Eastern Nazarene College.  Upcoming engagements in 2007 include solo recitals at Harvard and Dartmouth Universities, Andover Library in MA, Puffin Cultural Forum in NJ, Trinity Church in NYC, and solo and chamber music concerts in Holland and Finland in spring 2008.

 

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