Emmanuel Tjeknavorian

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Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano - Shostakovich
Tjeknavorian's glowing Shostakovich
From the first bars, Tjeknavorian demonstrated an extraordinary command of the complex score, underscoring every phrase, every bar, I would even say every note, with a clear and effective gesture. Everything pulsed and trembled between clashing and folding in a sharp and compact overall vision, carved in marble.

Rivista Musica (January 20, 2025)

Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne - Khachaturian-Ravel-Mussorgsky
Resilient, precise playing. Jubilant applause for the young conductor and the Gürzenich Orchestra in the Philharmonie. He worked out the sharply defined phrasing in Mussorgsky's “Promenades”, emphasized the strong bass lines, and overall delved more into the woodcut-like texture of the music rather than polishing its luxuriant surface. This was present in every moment of the Gürzenich Orchestra's playing, who were in excellent form and making fiery music. In the end, there was enthusiastic applause for both the maestro and the musicians.

Kölner Stadt Anzeiger (March 16, 2025)

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TEATRO DELL'OPERA DI ROMA
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
Sep 15/16/17/18/19/20/22/23

ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (with Alexandra Dovgan)
Khachaturian – Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus Suite No. 2
Khachaturian – Dance of Aegina and Bacchanale from Spartacus Suite No. 1
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Oct 9/11/13 (Como)

• Season 26/27

  ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO GIUSEPPE VERDI
  Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4
  Dvořák – Symphony No. 9
  Sep 2

  TEATRO DELL'OPERA DI ROMA
  Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
  Sep 15/16/17/18/19/20/22/23

  ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO
  Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (with Alexandra Dovgan)
  Khachaturian – Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus Suite No. 2
  Khachaturian – Dance of Aegina and Bacchanale from Spartacus Suite No. 1
  Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
  Oct 9/11/13 (Como)

  Mahler – The Song of the Earth
  October 30/31, November 1

  HOUSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  Khachaturian – Suite from Gayane
  Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
  Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9
  Borodin – Polovtsian Dances
  Nov 6/7/8

  Graz Music Society
  GRAZ PHILHARMONIC
  Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
  Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
  Scriabin – Le poem de l'extase
  Nov 16/17 

  ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO GIUSEPPE VERDI
  Beethoven – Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56
  Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
  Nov 27/29

  Chamber music
  Bartók – 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98 (selection)
  Hermann – Capriccios for Three Violins:
  No. 1 in D minor, Op. 2
  No. 2 in G major, Op. 5
  No. 3 in A major, Op. 13
  Hermann – Burlesque for Three Violins in G major, Op. 9
  Schubert – Erlkönig, D 328 (arrangement for five violins)
  Nov 29

  Vacchi – Voci di notte
  Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (with Alexandra Dovgan)
  Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet overture fantasy
  Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite No. 1, Op. 71a
  Dec 4/6

  TOKYO METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  Borodin – Overture from Prince Igor
  Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
  Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
  Dec 13

  HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
  Johann Strauss II – Wine, Women and Song, Op. 333
  Falla – Siete popular Spanish songs
  Bizet – Carmen Excerpts
  Haydn – Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, Hob. I:45 (“Farewell”)
  Ravel – Boléro
  Dec 29/30

  Strauss – Festive Prelude, Op. 61
  Khachaturian – Gayane Suite
  Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (“Organ”)
  Jan 6

  GULBENKIAN ORCHESTRA
  Tjeknavorian – Rostam and Sohrab Suite
  Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3
  Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9
  Johann Strauss II – Imperial Waltz
  Jan 21/22

  ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO GIUSEPPE VERDI

  Chamber music
  Beethoven – String Trio No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 3
  Spohr – Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 65
  with Adriana Ginocchi, Ambra Cusanna, Simone De Pasquale, Gabriele Mugnai, Enrico De Angelis, Giovanni Marziliano and Francesco Ramolini
  Jan 24

  Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture
  Bruch – Double Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88
  Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 “Italian”
  Jan 29/31

  Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
  Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
  Feb 12/14

  FILARMONICA TRT
  Tjeknavorian – Suite from Rostam and Sohrab
  Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9
  Borodin – Polovtsian Dances
  Feb 22

  ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO GIUSEPPE VERDI
  Strauss Jr. – Wine, Women and Song!, Op. 333
  Mozart – “Non più, tutto ascoltai… Non temer, amato bene”, K. 490
  Mozart – “O temerario Arbace… Per quel paterno ampleso”, K. 79
  Mozart – “Alma grande e nobil core”, K. 578
  Mozart – “Rest gently, my lovely life” from Zaide, K. 344
  Berg – Seven Early Songs
  Ravel – La Valse
  Feb 26/28

  Chamber music
  Beethoven – Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op. 25
  Beethoven – Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
  Feb 28

  DR SYMFONIORKESTRET
  Mozart – “Non più, tutto ascolti ... Non temer, amato bene”
  Mozart – “O temerario Arbace ... Per quel paterno ampleso”
  Mozart – “Alma grande e noble core”
  Mozart – “Rest gently, my lovely life”
  Berlioz – Fantastic Symphony
  March 11/13

  SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER
  Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
  Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
  March 18 (Stuttgart)/ 19 (Stuttgart)/ 20 (Freiburg)/ 21 (Weikersheim) 

  ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LYON
  Khachaturian – Piano Concerto
  Sibelius – Symphony No. 1
  Apr 1/3 

  ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO GIUSEPPE VERDI
  Haydn – Symphony No. 68 in B flat major, Hob. I:68
  Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
  Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 (“English”)
  Apr 9/11

  Bremen Philharmonic
  Beethoven – Triple Concerto, Op. 56
  Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
  Apr 18/19

  MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
  Khachaturian – Adagio from Spartacus
  Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9
  Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
  Apr 23

  ANTWERP SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  Khachaturian – Waltz from Masquerade
  Khachaturian – Piano Concerto
  Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
  Borodin – Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
  Apr 29 (Antwerp)/ 30 (Ghent)

  TEATRO LA FENICE
  Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
  Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra
  Ravel – Ma mère l'Oye
  Dukas – L'Apprenti sorcier
  May 7/8

  ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO GIUSEPPE VERDI
  Gulda – Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra (with Jeremias Fliedl)
  Webern – Five Movements for String Orchestra, Op. 5
  Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
  May 14/16

  Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 (with Alexandra Dovgan)
  Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
  Scriabin – Poème de l'extase, Op. 54
  May 21/23

  Chamber music
  Clara Schumann – Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
  Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
  Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
  with Alexandra Dovgan
  May 22

  Chamber music
  Brahms – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
  Dvořák – Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
  May 23

  DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor
  Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ Symphony”)
  May 27/28/29

  GÜRZENICH ORCHESTRA COLOGNE
  Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
  Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
  Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78
  June 5/6

  NDR Radio Philharmonic
  Pejačević – Overture in D minor, Op. 49
  Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
  Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
  June 10 (Hanover)/ 11 (Hanover)/ 12 (Lübeck)

  ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
  Beethoven – Symphony No. 2
  Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
  July 8/9

  ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
  Elgar – Cello Concerto
  Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2
  July 16 (Concertgebouw Amsterdam)

  SEOUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
  Khachaturian – Suite from Gayane
  Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1
  Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
  July 22/23

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Biography

Emmanuel Tjeknavorian has served as Music Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano since September 2024. Under his leadership, the orchestra has greatly expanded its international profile and touring activity, with performances throughout Italy complemented by recent appearances in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg, KKL Lucerne and the Rheingau Music Festival.

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  Alongside his work in Milan, the 2026/27 season will see Tjeknavorian make his debut at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with Le nozze di Figaro, directed by Claus Guth. He also makes orchestral debuts with the Houston Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino, Orchestre national de Lyon, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Return engagements take him to the Grazer Philharmoniker, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, SWR Symphonieorchester, Bremer Philharmoniker, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, and Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne.

  In the 2025/26 season, Tjeknavorian made his critically acclaimed operatic debut at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducting Un ballo in maschera. In summer 2026, he also made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and returned to the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI at the Ravello Festival. Further recent engagements include the Filarmonica della Scala, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra della Toscana, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. He also led the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of Johann Strauss’ operetta Die Fledermaus at the Musikverein Graz.

  Prior to embarking on his career as a conductor, Tjeknavorian made a name for himself internationally as a solo violinist, having performed in the world’s most renowned concert halls alongside many of the leading musicians of our time. He plays a violin by Antonio Stradivari (Cremona 1698), on generous loan from a patron of the Beare’s International Violin Society.

  Emmanuel Tjeknavorian is a recipient of the prestigious Abbiati Prize and an OPUS Klassik Award, and has released several recordings as both a violinist and a conductor. Since 2017, he has hosted a monthly radio show, “Der Klassik-Tjek,” in Vienna on Radio Klassik Stephansdom. As part of the show he discusses classical music with well-known personalities from other fields, showcasing his passion for finding ways to make the music accessible to a wider audience. He is also involved in numerous projects in support of young musicians. For several years, he has had a close collaboration with the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie, the top ensemble of German music schools.

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