Plenary Sessions

About the performers

Daniil Bulayev is a student at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School under the tutelage of Nelli Sarkisjan – a musician at the LNSO (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra) first violin section.

Daniil gave his first concert with a chamber orchestra when he was five years old. Two years later he performed with a symphonic orchestra for the first time and another year later played a recital at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory Central Music School. Since then the young musician performs at least one recital every season.

Daniil plays with Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Armenian and Chinese symphonic and chamber orchestras, including Kremerata Baltica, Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta, Moscow Virtuosos, the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the Macau Symphony Orchestra.

The musician has participated in such festivals as Avanti!, Artissimo, Early Music Festival in Rundāle, Musica Mundi (Belgium), New names (Armenia), Iguazú in Concert(Argentina), Flourishing Arts (Macau), Altolivenzafestival Giovani (Italy) and many others.

Each year Daniil Bulayev performs at the official concerts dedicated to the Anniversary of the Republic of Latvia; in 2014 he played a solo with Kremerata Baltica in the highly praised open-air concert 'Born in Riga', and in the October of 2018 Daniil played a recital at the Latvian National Opera.

He has been awarded the Grand Prix and first prize in international contests in Rīga, Vilnius, Moscow, Italy and China.

Georg Sarkisjan has been the concertmaster at the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra since 2015. He is a member of German orchestras, numerous chamber music ensembles, and the LNSO, which he joined in 2013.

Georg went to Emīls Dārziņš Music School and later studied at the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf. He has participated in numerous workshops and festivals. Winner of solo performance and chamber music competitions in Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, and Germany.

Former member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, the Youth Chamber Orchestra of NRW, and German Chamber Academy of Neuss am Rhein. He has performed as soloist with the Düsseldorf SO, Robert Schumann University of Music SO, State Youth Orchestra of North Rhine Westfalia, the Bonn Classical Philharmonic, the LNSO, among other orchestras.

In 2010, Sarkisjan made his debut at the Beethoven House in Bonn in the concert series The Young Stars. In 2016, he gave a brilliant solo concert at the Great Guild in Riga, performing Bach, Hindemith, and Honegger, earning a nomination for Latvia’s Grand Music Award 2016 For Outstanding Chamber Music Performance.

Georg is deeply committed to his work at the Akademie für Musik am Rhein in Düsseldorf which he co-founded with like-minded colleagues.

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