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dor, Ediphone and Ondine among others. Cyprus
is Diemut’s favourite country and she visits the is-
land quite regularly.
Alexander Chaushian / cello
First Prize winner of the Premio Mozart Competi-
tion in Verona, Italy in 1990 and the International
Music Competition in Holland in 1992, Alexander
Chaushian also received the Guilhermina Suggia
Gift in London - a grant awarded to outstanding
string players - on three occasions. In 1997, he was
awarded the Orchestra of New England Soloist
Prize, as well as the First Summis Auspiciis Prize
of Young Concert Artists in New York. In 1999,
he was the recipient of the Anna Instone Memo-
rial Award sponsored by Capital Radio. In 2001,
he was the joint recipient of the Pierre Fournier
Award, while in 2002, he won the Third Prize in
the 12
th
International Tchaikovsky Competition in
Moscow. Chaushian was also awarded the Third
Prize and the Special Prize given by the Munich
Chamber Orchestra at the Internationaler Musik-
wettbewerb der ARD in Germany in September
2005.
Alexander Chaushian has appeared in prestigious
venues throughout the world, and as a soloist, he
has played with a number of renowned orchestras
including the Vienna Chamber Orchestra at Vien-
na’s Konzerthaus and at the Bruchnerhaus in Linz,
the London Mozart Players and the Philharmonia
Orchestra in London, the Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande, the Royal National Orchestra of Bel-
gium, Les Solistes Européens de Luxembourg in
a gala concert conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, the
Boston Pops Orchestra at Boston Symphony Hall,
and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra at Car-
negie Hall.
Chaushian has given recitals at the Harrogate Fes-
tival in England, the Kuhmo International Festi-
val in Finland, La Jolla Festival in the USA, the
Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and in Montpellier as
recipient of the Beracasa Foundation Prize of the
Radio-France, and at Montpellier Festival. Since
2002, he has been acting as the artistic director of
the Orpheus & Bacchus Festival in Bordeaux in
France and the International Pharos Chamber Mu-
sic Festival in Cyprus.
In 2006, Alexander Chaushian recorded Dmitry
Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata for Performance
Channel Television, as well as Wim Zwaag’s
Cello Concerto with the Núrnberger Symphoni-
ker. His solo debut recording for the BIS label
of Weinberg’s Sonatas, in which he is partnered
with Yevgeny Sudbin, was released to much ac-
claim. It was recently followed by another high-
ly acclaimed CD for BIS, which includes cello
sonatas by Rachmaninov, Borodin and Shosta-
kovich.
The venues
The Royal Manor House in Kouklia
is one of
the finest surviving monuments of Frankish archi-
tecture on the island and an unparalleled venue for
intimate chamber music performances. The build-
ing also houses an archaeological museum, which
records the rich history of human activity in the
region from about 2800 BC to the present day. The
Royal Manor House, which is part of the Cyprus
Tourism Organisation’s “Aphrodite’s Cultural
Route”, is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Palaipaphos, or Old Paphos, was a city-kingdom
of Cyprus and one of the most celebrated pilgrim-
age centres of the ancient Greek world. It was the
site of a famous sanctuary of Aphrodite, the oldest
remains of which date back to the 12
th
century BC.
Visitors can enoy a leisurely exploration of the his-
tory and cultural heritage of the western region of
Cyprus.
The Shoe Factory
is situated in the old part of
Nicosia, near the buffer zone. Through it, the Pha-
ros Arts Foundation is helping to revitalise this
beautiful and historic section of the capital city
by attracting a wide and diversified younger au-
dience. All concerts are characterised by a unique
feeling of intimacy and music is performed in an
exceptionally inspiring setting; a modern venue
decorated with contemporary art by mainly local
artists, a venue situated in the “run down” part of
Nicosia that offers the audience the unique oppor-
tunity to sit within an amazing proximity to world
famous artists and experience performances in a
venue like no other.
For more information, visit:
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dation.org or Tel: 22-663871
