Background
Marianna Shirinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia on September 25, 1978.
Marianna Shirinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia on September 25, 1978.
She commenced her musical studies at the age of seven when she attended the Tchaikovsky music school in her home town, under the guidance of Margarita Hakobian. Finally, she completed her studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck with Konrad Elser in 2007, finishing with top grades.
In 1997, she went on to study with Igor Javrian at the Komitas Music College in Yerevan, and two years later with Mathias Weber in Hamburg. Shirinyan"s artistic advisers in recent years have been Elisabeth Leonskaya and Leif Ove Andsnes.
The following is the list of Shirinyan"s accomplishments: During her early years, she placed 1st in the Youth Chamber Music Competition in Paderborn, Germany (Junge Ensembles Musizieren) in 1994. She was also a prizewinner in the International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen, Germany, Gaillard, France, and twice in Spain - Maria Canals and C.I.P.C.E. In 2001, Marianna Shirinyan received the prize in both the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Possehl Music Award in Lübeck. In 2002, she won 1st Prize in the International Lion"s Competition. Soon after, she had received more accomplishments. She had won 1st place once again while playing together with Finnish violinist Laura Vikman in the Premio Vittorio Gui chamber music competition in Florence, Italy in 2004. She received five awards in the Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator International Music Competition held in Munich, namely the Second Prize, the Audience Prize, the Special Prize of Münchner Kammerorchester, the Brüder-Busch Prize, and the Prize of Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. In 2009, The Association of Danish Music Critics awarded Shirinyan their Annual Prize. In 2010, she received the Danish Radio"s P2 Artist Prize for her contributions to the musical and artistic life in Denmark.
