Nikolay Madoyan

Nikolay Madoyan (also spelled Nikolai Madojan, Armenian: Նիկոլայ Մադոյան; born 1 June 1973 in Yerevan) is an Armenian-German virtuoso violinist known for large-scale music projects and an international career spanning major orchestras and concert halls. He has performed under renowned conductors including Kurt Masur, Claudio Abbado, and Valery Gergiev, and appeared at venues such as London’s Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Madoyan's continuous 33-hour performance of 59 world classics from different styles and epochs has been entered in the Guinness World Records book. He won first prizes at the All-Union (USSR) International Violin Competition in Novosibirsk at age 15, the International Kulenkampf Competition in Cologne, and received laureate awards at the IV Karol Lipiński and Henryk Wieniawski International Competition for Young Violinists. His album recordings have received international critical acclaim from major classical music critics and media, including BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, and The Strad. He performed all six violin concertos by Niccolò Paganini from memory in a single concert, and presented the composer’s 24 Caprices in one uninterrupted recital using original bowings in his European tour. Madoyan holds two doctoral degrees in violin performance, gives masterclasses internationally, and has received the honorary title of Merited Artist of Armenia along with several state distinctions. He studied with Zakhar Bron, Miriam Solovieff and Isaac Stern.