Saténik Khourdoïan
“A personality, a perfect technique, a musical sensibility that has something to say with her bow, with her fingering of rare subtlety, with her heart. Saténik is attached to the deeper meaning of the works she performs rather than virtu- osity, which, though she is naturally endowed” (Nice Matin).

Saténik Khourdoïan regularly performs as soloist and chamber music in France and abroad, in Halls as prestigious as the Concertgebouw in Amster- dam, the Jerusalem Music Center, the Salle Pleyel, Salle Cortot, Salle Gaveau, the Cité de la Musique, the Théâtre du Châtelet, Olivier Messiaen Hall of Radio France in Paris and plays with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Juraj Valcuha, at “Antibes Génération Virtuoses” with Cannes Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Philippe Bender, the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Friedrich Pleyer, the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra. She is invited to play at the Grand Théâtre de Provence, the Wortham Center in Houston, the Puccini Hall in Milan, the Festival de La Roque-d’Antheron, the Grange de Meslay and Aix-en-Provence Festivals, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord and touring the Middle East. She is also invited in many programs of France Musique and France Culture, “Un Mardi idéal”, “D’une rive à l’autre”, “Sur tous les tons”, “Plaisirs d’amour”...

This young artist studied violin with Jean Ter-Merguerian in Marseille Con- servatory, then joined the class of Jean-Jacques Kantorow at the CNSM of Paris. During her studies, Saténik Khourdoïan has been voted as “Classical Instru- mentalist Revelation 2009” by Adami, and won the 4th Prize in Long-Thibaud competition (2008) and 3 special Prizes (Public Prize, SACEM Prize and Gaby Pasquier Prize), in February 2008 she was awarded a 2nd Prize at YCA of New York. She was also winner at the 1st Aram Khatchatourian Competition (2006). Saténik became laureate of the Banque populaire Foundation. She plays a Guarnerius del Gesù violin, generously lent by a Belgian sponsor.

This young artist is also Konzertmeister of Théâtre de la Monnaie Symphony Orchestra in Brussels. Her next projects include concerts as soloist with inter- national orchestras such as Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, under the direc- tion of Frank Beermann, the Théâtre de la Monnaie Symphony Orchestra of Brussels, under the direction of Alain Altinoglu and Hartmut Haenchen, the Pau Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fayçal Karoui.