ROV\u0160AN MAMEDKULIEV (Russia)
\n17 November @16.00-18.15 in A-404<\/p>\n
Rovshan Mamedkuliev has performed throughout the world. His solo career has taken him to\u00a0numerous places and cities such as\u00a0Moscow, Los-Angeles, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing, Brasilia, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Helsinki, Zagreb, Belgrade, Istanbul, Vilnius, Sarajevo, Chisinau, Baku, Minsk, Seoul, Bangkok and others.<\/p>\n
In 2012, he gave a solo concert in\u00a0New York’s Carnegie Hall\u00a0and concertized performing in numerous cities throughout Germany and Spain. In the 2013-2014 concert season after winning GFA’s International Concert Artist Competition, Rovshan gave a Solo concert tour (51 concert) and master-classes throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. In 2017, Rovshan gave a solo concert in\u00a0Amsterdam Concertgebouw.<\/p>\n
As\u00a0a\u00a0soloist\u00a0Rovshan has performed with a\u00a0wide variety of\u00a0ensembles and orchestras including: l\u2019Ensemble orchestral de\u00a0Valencia (Spain), Orchestre du\u00a0Conservatoire National de\u00a0Musique Superiur de\u00a0Paris (France), Azerbaijani State Chamber Orchestra named after Kara Karaev, Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic Symphonic Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra of\u00a0the Udmurt Republic.<\/p>\n
Rovshan Mamedkuliev was born in\u00a0May 1986 in\u00a0Baku, Azerbaijan. A\u00a0couple years later, Rovshan and his family moved to\u00a0Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), where at\u00a0the age of\u00a011\u00a0he started taking guitar lessons. From a\u00a0very early age he\u00a0showed an\u00a0exceptional musical talent. In\u00a02004\u00a0he was accepted to\u00a0the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatoire where he\u00a0studied with nationally recognized guitarist\u00a0Aleksey Petropavlovsky. Throughout his study professors described Rovshan as\u00a0having \u00aban\u00a0excellent ear, tenacious memory, a\u00a0developed sense of\u00a0rhythm and form and bright artistry\u00bb. He\u00a0completed his studies with Honors in\u00a02009 and was invited to\u00a0teach at\u00a0Nizhny Novgorod Conservatoire. From 2014 Rovshan Mamedkuliev\u00a0\u2014 a\u00a0professor of\u00a0the classical guitar department in\u00a0the Maimonides Academy (Moscow).<\/p>\n
Rovshan has premiered many new works\u00a0for classical guitar, including Concerto \u2116\u00a03\u00a0\u00abAntony\u00bb for guitar and symphonic orchestra by\u00a0Philippe Lemaigre (Antony, France, 2012), Concerto \u00abFamalicao\u00bb by\u00a0Elena Lebedeva for guitar and chamber orchestra (Kostroma, Russia, 2008), new works for solo guitar Nikita Koshkin and Sergey Rudnev.<\/p>\n
Rovshan Mamedkuliev also performs his\u00a0own arrangements. He\u00a0released an\u00a0arrangement of\u00a0music by\u00a0Russian composers (\u00abMasters of\u00a0Russian Composition: Alexander Borodin and Anatoly Lyadov\u00bb, MelBay Publications, USA, 2014) and an\u00a0arrangement of\u00a0the music by\u00a0his native Azerbaijani composer (\u00abFikret Amirov.\u00a06\u00a0Miniatures\u00bb, LACG Editions, USA, 2015).<\/p>\n
A\u00a0number of\u00a0works are recorded by\u00a0Rovshan\u00a0on\u00a0CDs: his first professional CD\u00a0\u00abCon Anima\u00bb (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2011), a\u00a0Guitar Recital CD\u00a0at the Laureate Series on\u00a0the prestigious label \u00abNaxos\u00bb (Toronto, Canada, 2012), a\u00a0Solo CD\u00a0\u00abSemi-Awake, Semi-Dream\u00bb on\u00a0the \u00abContrastes Records\u00bb (Sevilla, Spain, 2015). In\u00a0January of\u00a02016 Rovshan Mamedkuliev recorded his second CD\u00a0on \u00abNaxos\u00bb (Toronto, Canada).<\/p>\n
Rovshan Mamedkuliev plays the guitar made by Manuel Contreras II (Model “10th Anniversary”) and uses strings from “Savarez” and case from “CCcases”.<\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"\n