Koryun Asatryan, born in Armenia in 1985, started his saxophone lessons at the music school in Yerevan under Prof. Alexander Manukyan in 1993. From October 2000 he studied in Dortmund under Prof. Daniel Gauthier, who was his most important musical mentor. He continued with Gauthier from October 2003 onwards at the Music Academy in Cologne and finished the studies in 2009 with Konzertexamen. Koryun Asatryan also took masterclasses with the most influential saxophonists, such as Jean-Marie Londeix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 1999 Koryun Asatryan has been winning various competitions in Moscow, Yerevan, Kiev, Hamburg, Oldenburg, Berlin and Bayreuth. It is of a particular note his enormous success in May 2004 at the \u201c12th Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians\u201d, Lucerne, where he won 2nd prize representing Germany. At the beginning of October 2006 he received the 1st prize and the prize for the best performance of a contemporary composition at the first international \u201cAeolus wind instrumentalist competition\u201c in D\u00fcsseldorf. On May 2008 he won the \u201cH\u00fclsta-Woodwind Competition\u201d in M\u00fcnster and on March 2012 the famous \u201cGerman Music Competition\u201d in Bonn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tours throughout the USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Russia, Korea and numerous concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Japan, Armenia, etc. with the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, WDR Rundfunk Orchestra Cologne, SWR-Rundfunkorchester Stuttgart, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Festival Strings Lucerne, W\u00fcrttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn were all a great success. He has collaborated with conductors such as Michael Sanderling, Christoph Poppen, Christian Arming, Ruben Gazarian. The success of his career has been borne out by his appearance at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival, Musical Olympus\u201c (St. Petersburg), Colmar-Music Festival (France), Rheingau Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Musikfest Bremen etc. in concert halls such as Gewandhaus Leipzig, KKL Lucerne, Dortmund Concert Hall, D\u00fcsseldorf Tonhalle, Gasteig und Herkulessaal Munich, Sala Verdi Milano, Meistersingerhalle N\u00fcrnberg, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Liederhalle Stuttgart. One of the highlights of his artistic career was the 45-minute documentary by the TV channel 3sat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result of his outstanding skills, he got a special prize from the \u201cDeutschen Stiftung Musikleben\u201c, scholarships from the \u201cKonrad Adenauer Foundation\u201c, \u201cVladimir Spivakov Foundation\u201c, \u201cWerner Richard – Dr. Carl D\u00f6rken Foundation\u201c and the Music-Prize 2008 of the Association of German Concert Managements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2005-2013 Koryun Asatryan was a member of the \u201cAlliage Quintet\u201c, which won the \u201cEcho-prize 2005\u201d. The last three CDs with this Ensemble were recorded for the Sony Classical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2005 he founded the \u201cDuo Fortezza\u201d with the accordionist Enrique Ugarte. Since then, the ensemble has given numerous performances in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has also made several solo and chamber music recordings in various musical genres, both on CDs and for the radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011 Koryun Asatryan is teaching at the Music Academy of Munich and giving masterclasses in different international academies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
September 1999, Moscow April 2000, Yerevan September 2000, Kiev June 2001, Hamburg June 2001, Oldenburg October 2003, Bayreuth November 2003, Berlin April 2004, Berlin May 2004, Lucerne, Switzerland October 2006, D\u00fcsseldorf April 2004, M\u00fcnster September 2008, Nuremberg March 2012, Bonn <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – \u201e1st international Glazunov Saxophone Competition\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – \u201eNational Saxophone Competition\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – International Saxophone Competition \u201eSELMER-Paris in Ukraine\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – Federal Competition \u201eJugend musiziert\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – 1st international Youth-Competition \u201eOldenburger Promenade\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>2nd Prize – 16th intern.Music competition \u201ePacem in Terris\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – International saxophone competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – \u201eGustav Bumcke\u201c international Saxophone competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>2nd Prize – 12th EUROVISION Competition for Young Musicians, Lucerne<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Prize and Prize for the best interpretation of the modern piece – 1st international \u201eAeolus wind competition\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>1st Prize – International “Hulsta-Woodwinds”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Musikpreis 2008 des Verbands der deutschen Konzertdirektionen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Deutscher Musikwettbewerb<\/p>\n\n\n\nScholarships<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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