| Varty Manouelian made her American debut in 1993 with the North Carolina Symphony as First Prize winner of the Bryan International Competition. She has also been a prizewinner at a number of other competitions, including the 1977 Kotzian International Competition in Czechoslovakia, the 1991 Performers of Connecticut Competition, and the 1985 Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poland. Ms. Manouelian has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras in the United States, Bulgaria, the former Soviet Union, Poland, Spain and Italy. Her chamber music performances include participation at the Marlboro Music Festival, the El Paso Festival, the Olympic Music Festival, the Apple Hill Festival, and the Sebago-Long Lake Festival, among others. She has collaborated with Bruno Canino, Garrick Olsson, Thomas Ades, and members of the Tokyo, Brentano, Borromeo, and Mendelssohn string quartets. Formerly a member of the Detroit Symphony, Ms. Manouelian joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the fall of 2004. Varty Manouelian holds degrees from the State Music Academy in Bulgaria and the Cleveland Institute of Music where she was a student of Donald Weilerstein. |
