Tatoul Hadjian

Vancouver, UBC

Email: tatoulh@gmail.com
Phone: 1 672 833 5444 (whats app preferred)

Teacher & Performer in Vancouver and at UBC

Tatoul Hadjian is a classical guitarist, teacher, composer and performer. He was raised in a family of musicians where his father was an opera singer, choirmaster and teacher of music. His mother sang alto in the choir. Tatoul started playing the classical guitar in 2005 when at the age of ten, he was accepted into Tchaikovsky Specialized Secondary Music School in Yerevan. He gave his first solo recital when he was sixteen. At the same age, Tatoul began his pedagogical career teaching classical guitar at the Musical School After Armen Tigranian, located in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

Tatoul Hadjian has won over nine internationally acclaimed music competition awards and is the first Armenian classical guitarist who has achieved a Grand Prize in Armenia during Sayat-Nova Music Competition, followed by another Grand Prize in Prague. 

One of the most marvellous awards was the Guitar Gift where he was awarded a guitar by the determination of the head of the jury for his brilliance and impressive performance during an International Guitar Competition in Greece, where he took second prize. 

In 2012 Tatoul started studying at Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas where he graduated from the Conservatory in 2016 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Performing Arts.

During the years of study, Tatoul was actively involved in different cultural activities including participation in International Guitar Competitions and Festivals, making recordings for TV shows and CD labels, performing in different concerts and even being invited to perform during International Museum Days.

Hadjian has collaborated with composers, string quartets and famous Armenian singers. Recently he completed recordings for a Film Making Studio based in the States. The movie features the famous actor Hovik Keuchkerian.

Achievements:

2019: Paros Guitar International Music Festival and Competition. 2nd prize
2017: Prague International Music Competition. Grand Prize
2016: Pleven Guitar International Festival. Diploma
2016: The 8th Gyumri International festival-competition. 1st prize
2016: Armenian republic 1st competition after Sayat-Nova. Grand prize
2015: Classical guitar competition in Tbilisi. 3rd prize
2014: The 6th Gyumri International festival-competition. 1st prize
2012: The 4th Gyumri International festival-competition. 2nd prize
2010: The 2nd Gyumri International festival-competition. 5th place

Masterclasses with: Hubert Kaeppel, Artyom Dervoed, Dmitry Murin, David Dyakov, Xuefei Jang, Rafael Aguirre, Laurent Boutros, Srdjan Bulat, Iakovos Kolanian, Michalis Kontaxakis, Joao Kouyoumdjian,