Levon Chilingirian
Levon Chilingirian OBE (Լեւոն Չիլինկիրեան born 28 May 1948) is a UK-based violinist of Armenian origin. The founder of the Chilingirian Quartet, he is also a professor and Chamber Music Artist in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music and professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, both in London. He came to Britain when he was 12 and studied at the Royal College of Music.
Levon Chilingirian
- Name
- Levon Chilingirian
- Occupation
- Violin, conductor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Languages
- English
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Levon Chilingirian OBE (Լեւոն Չիլինկիրեան born 28 May 1948) is a UK-based violinist of Armenian origin. The founder of the Chilingirian Quartet, he is also a professor and Chamber Music Artist in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music and professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, both in London. He came to Britain when he was 12 and studied at the Royal College of Music.
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In 1971 he founded the Chilingirian Quartet, which has developed a strong association with a number of composers, including John Tavener and Michael Berkeley. He was also one of the first members of The English Concert, and played in their first London concert in 1973. The Chilingirian Quartet hold an annual summer school at West Dean College. In addition to teaching, playing and recording, Chilingirian's interest in the work of Edvard Grieg led to his own version of the composer's incomplete Quartet in F major. Chilingirian served as musical director of Camerata Nordica, a Swedish chamber orchestra, was artistic director (2003–2016) of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival and with the Quartet has been part of the Lake District Summer Music festival since its inception. In the 2000 New Year Honours list, Chilingirian was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to music.
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• Name — Levon Chilingirian • Birth Name — Levon Chilingirian • Origin — Nicosia, Cyprus • Occupation — Violin, conductor • Current Member Of — Chilingirian Quartet
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Levon Chilingirian is recorded as having received Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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1948
Levon Chilingirian born at Nicosia.
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