La Sierra University Department of Music is fortunate to have two very talented people grace Hole Memorial Auditorium. On Monday evening, Oct. 24, 2011, Ms. Tanya Gabrielian, pianist, will perform in Hole Memorial Auditorium. Proceeding the recital, Mr. Justin Tecson, painter, will have six pieces on display in the lobby of Hole Memorial Auditorium.
Tanya Gabrielian
Hailed by the London Times as “a pianist of powerful physical and imaginative muscle,” Tanya Gabrielian combines emotional vulnerability with thoughtful artistry, captivating audiences worldwide with her gripping, commanding performances.
Tanya Gabrielian has performed across North America, Europe, and Asia, in venues including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Cortot in Paris, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Bonn Beethovenhaus, and the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago. She has performed concerti with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New London Sinfonia, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Radio broadcasts include NPR, WGBH (Boston), WFMT (Chicago), KCSN (Los Angeles), WQXR (New York), and VPR (Vermont). Her debut CD, Kaleidoscope, was released in November 2010.
As founder of the “Art for Activism” initiative, Tanya Gabrielian is dedicated to promoting the artist as an activist through art. Projects have included an installation with the artist Fran Bull for the exhibit In Flanders Field: A Meditation on War, and an ongoing recital series featuring composers with mental illnesses, to highlight the stigma around mental health issues. Ms. Gabrielian was awarded the 2011 McGraw-Hill Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach for her work.
Tanya Gabrielian rose to international acclaim with first prizes in the Scottish International Piano Competition, Aram Khachaturyan International Piano Competition, and the Pro Musicis International Award. Her Wigmore Hall debut, as winner of the coveted Wigmore Prize awarded by the Royal Academy of Music, was reviewed as “revelatory, a feast of romantic pianism which held us enthralled” and “an astounding achievement by any standards, and one I cannot imagine being bettered… Remember the name—Tanya Gabrielian—you will be hearing a lot more from her I feel sure.” Ms. Gabrielian’s Southbank debut recital in the Purcell Room in London, presented by the Philharmonia Orchestra, was chosen as “Performance of the Year 2006” by Seen and Heard International. She has also been featured on the cover of the magazine Clavier.
Born in the United States in 1983, Ms. Gabrielian began studying piano at the age of three. In 2000, she moved to London, where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Hamish Milne and Alexander Satz. Upon graduation, she was awarded with a DipRAM, the highest performing award of the Royal Academy of Music, and she received the prize for the best final recital for six consecutive years. In 2009, Gabrielian moved to New York as the only candidate accepted for The Juilliard School’s prestigious Artist Diploma program, an extraordinarily selective post-graduate residency program, where she completed her studies with Robert McDonald and Matti Raekallio.
For more information, please visit www.tanyagabrielian.com.
Justin Tecson
Born in Southern California in 1994, Justin Tecson began painting at the age of 8. Drawing inspiration from the Baroque, Neoclassical and Romantic ages, Tecson aspires to pay hommage to the old masters and counts Anthony van Dyck, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Eugene Delacroix as his main inspirations. Tecson's favorite medium is oil, and he creates his own oil paints using different types of minerals. Tecson was born deaf and is a self-taught artist, and it is his mission to teach others through his own experiences and art.
Justin is currently a junior in high school and homeschooled. He has an incredible work ethic, balancing schoolwork and painting. As Justin continues to develop and refine his craft, and his love for art and painting evolves and matures, he will continue to bridge his silent world to our hearing one.
