Following his 2025 stellar performances at the legendary Berliner Philharmonie and Milan's Verdi Hall, renowned violinist Nikolay Madoyan is delighted to return to West Road Concert Hall with a new exciting programme, featuring a blend of cross-cultural classics, including works by Schubert, Khachaturian, Komitas, Kreisler, Paganini, and more.

Acclaimed by critics for his virtuosity and brilliance, Nikolay Madoyan has performed in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including London’s Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Milan’s Verdi Theater, Berlin’s Kammermusiksaal, Edinburgh’s Queen's Hall, and Vienna’s Kammermusiksaal.

Madoyan has toured the United Kingdom with the London Sinfonietta, led by conductor Richard Hickox, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Gilbert Varga, and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Tamás Vásáry. He has also collaborated with other renowned orchestras, such as the Mariinsky Orchestra, Concertgebouw Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo NHK Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Residentie Orkest the Hague, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, and Danish Radio Orchestra.

Madoyan has also worked with some of the world’s most distinguished conductors, including Kurt Masur, Claudio Abbado, Arnold Katz, Valery Gergiev, Leopold Hager, Martin Andre, Erich Vechter, George A. Albrecht, and Janos Furst, among many others.

Recent highlights include a variety of recital concerts, Nikolay's tour in Germany alongside conductor Philipp Amelung and NCOA, as well as his tour in Italy with conductor Gianluca Marciano and the Senocrito Festival Orchestra. Madoyan has also embarked on a world tour performing all 24 Caprices by Niccolò Paganini in prestigious venues such as the Berliner Philharmonie, where he received a standing ovation, with his next performance at Sala Verdi.

Nikolay Madoyan recorded albums with Danish record labels Cowbell Music and Kontrapunkt which received critical acclaim in the European press, including The Strad and Gramophone. In 2023, Madoyan made his mark with the debut album Armenian Brilliance released by Naxos Records. The album garnered acclaim from prominent critics, including the BBC, Pizzicato, and American Record Guide.

Madoyan plays a Guarneri violin made in the early 18th century.

Programme

Franz Schubert/Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig (The Erlking) for solo violin, Op. 26 (1854)

Aram Ilyich Khachaturian - Sonata-Monologue for solo violin (1975)

Fritz Kreisler - Recitative and Scherzo-Caprice for solo violin, Op. 6 (1910)

Komitas Vardapet - Tsirani Tsar/Apricot Tree (1902-06)

Niccolò Paganini - Caprice #24 for solo violin Op.1 (1818 ant.)

INTERVAL

Tsolak Bekaryan - Sonata for solo violin No. 2, 1st movement – Grave (1972)

Max Reger - Prelude and Fugue for solo violin No. 6 in D minor, Op. 117 (1909/12)

Yervand Yerkanyan - To be a Slave of Caprices for solo violin (2001)

Niccolò Paganini - Introduction and Variations on the Theme “Nel cor piu non mi sento” from opera “La Molinara” by Giovani Paisiello (1827)

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