Ulikhanyan Lyana

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMYS , MEMBERSHIP
2024- “Kronberg International Cello Academy”, prof. Marie-Elisabeth Hecker
2024- “Rutesheim International Cello Academy” ,prof . Wen-Sinn Yang
2024 -Soloist Academy (France), professor Denis Severin
2023 - “Rutesheim Cello Academy”, prof . Wen-Sinn Yang
2022 - “Rutesheim Cello Academy”, prof. Danjulo Ishizaka
2023- academy Internationale d’Ete de Nice France, prof. Marc Coppey.
2023- academy Anargyros and Korgialenios (Athena, Spetsses) prof. Denis Severin.
2023- academy Internationale d’Ete de Nice France, prof. Marc Coppey.
2022- academy Anargyros and Korgialenios ( Athena, Spetsses) prof. Denis Severin.
2022, 2023- academy Tibor Varga (Switzerland, Sion). prof. Denis Severin.
2021- “CellEsts” International Festival and cello academy in Romania, Bucuresti. prof. Valentin Radutiu.
2020- Moskow meets friends festival (Spivakov Foundation)
2020- member of the “New Names” of Armenian talented children program, Artis Futura Music Foundation (Armenia, Russia). Atken Armenian foundation, Primavera Foundation of Armenia , Music for Future Foundation

AWARDS:
2024 - First Prize at the Bratislava International Cello Competition and the PRIZE for the BEST interpretation of the Slovak composition Bratislava , Slovakia,
2024 - First Prize at the CellEst International Cello Competition. Bucharest, Romania
2024 - First Prize at the Wien International Music Competition. Austria, Wien
2023 - First Prize at the Geneva Junior Music Competition and the special GJMC award from the Association Jean – Daniel Balet
2023 - Second Prize David Geringas International Cello Competition. Klaipeda, Lithuania
2022 - Golden Prize at the Amadeus International Music online Competition Musicverein, Austria
2022 - First Prize at the BTHVN Wien International Music online Competition Musicverein, Austria
2022 - First Prize at the IV International Music Competition Debut Concert in Wiener Musicverein, Austria.
2022 - First Prize at the Maestro Vision Awards 2022 International Cello Competition (China, Beijing)
2022 - Second Prize at the World Vision Music Contest (Austria, Vienna):
2022 - First Prize at the Montfort International Cello Competition (Austria, Vienna)
2022 - First Prize at the Edward Mirzoyan Composing Competition (Armenia, Yerevan):
2021 - GRANT from Armenian Assambly in Russia.
2021 - First Prize at the Medici Internatiol Music Competition. (England).
2021 - First Prize at the Napolinova World Cello Competition. (Itali).
2021 - First Prize at the Gustav Mahler Cello Competition.
2022- GRANT from the Women Organisation (Armenia Yerevan):
2022 -Second Prize at the “Nutcracker” international music TV competition .
Lyana plays on the cello made by a violin maker Oliver Radke.(Germany)

MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS:
Lyana has taken masterclasses and workshops from Misha Maisky, Wen-Sinn Yang, Marc Coppey, Danjulo Ishizaka, Claudio Bohorquez, Gustav Rivinius, Marc Coppey, Melissa Phelps, Gabriel Shwabe, Branon Cho ,
Rafael Rosenfeld, Aleksandr Ramm, Aleksandr Chaushyan, Valentin Radutiu , Matthijs Broersma, Davit Melkonyan.

Lyana Ulikhanyan was born in 2010. She is studying at the Tchaikovsky music school in Yerevan, Armenia. She is studying cello from the age of 4.
Her cello teacher in Armenia is Denis Severin. In 2018 Lyana won the “Grand Prize” in the competition organized by the Armenian General Benevolent Union and received a cello as a prize. In 2019 she was invited by the Russian National TV channel to participate in the “Better Than All” TV -show. In the same year she won the first prize in the “The Muse” online competition and was invited to Athens to perform at the Megaro concert hall.
By representing Armenia, Lyana received prizes from more than 30 online competitions. In 2021 She participated in the Gustav Mahler cello competition and won the first prize.
As a soloist, Lyana has performed with the Sergey Jhilin’s chamber orchestra in Moscow, as well as the Nova Symphony Orchestra (Vienna), Jeneva String Orchestra, Athens Symphony Orchestra, Russian Sympony Orchestra, Dnepropetrovsk National Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine) and the Khmelnitsky National Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine), Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra, Armenian State Chamber orchestra.