Nurhan Arman has brought capacity crowds to their feet on three continents. He has appeared in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Russia, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Turkey, Armenia, South Korea, Mexico and throughout the United States and Canada. Nurhan Arman is currently the Music Director of Canada's Sinfonia Toronto, and Music Director Emeritus of Symphony New Brunswick.
Critics on both sides of the Atlantic have been unanimous in their praise. Pravda hailed Maestro Arman as a "fascinating and striking musical personality," while the Broadcast Review in Prague reported "a spirited and nobly rounded performance."
Born to Armenian parents in Istanbul, he played his first violin recital at the age of 13. After arriving in the United States on a Disney Foundation scholarship, he concertized from coast to coast, appearing in major US cities as well as at prestigious music festivals in Tanglewood, Spoleto, New York and Florida. After several seasons of leading US orchestras as concertmaster, he began a conducting career that has taken him all over the world.
In 1982 Nurhan Arman moved to Canada to accept the post of Music Director of the North Bay Symphony and the Northern Music Festival. In 1987 he was named Music Director of Symphony New Brunswick which he swiftly built into a major regional resource. In March of 1993 Maestro Arman was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Yerevan Symphony in Armenia. In 1998 Maestro Arman founded Sinfonia Toronto, now considered one of Canada's finest chamber orchestras.
Maestro Arman records regularly for CBC Radio. Internationally, he has recorded for First Edition Records, Educo Records, Radio Moscow, Polish Broadcasting, Czech Radio, KBS of Korea, TRT of Turkey, Lithuanian TV, Slovenian Radio and TV, Armenian Radio and TV, and PBS in the US.
Maestro Arman has served as an adjudicator on many prominent panels, including the International Fitelberg Conducting Competition in Poland, the Canada Council Conducting Competition and the Heinz Unger Competition. He has taught conducting at New York's Brockport Festival, at the Florida Festival, and in Canada at his own Northern Music Festival as well as the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Among the many orchestras conducted by Nurhan Arman are the Deutches Kammerorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico, Bellas Artes Chamber Orchestra of Mexico City, Florence Chamber Orchestra, l’Orchestra da Camera Milano Classica, Orchestra Sinfonico di Lecce, Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini, Orchestra Sinfonica Grosseto, Orchestra Exramadura (Spain), Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Hungarian Philharmonic, Lithuanian Philharmonic, Volgograd Symphony, l'Orchestre Regional d'Ile de France, Orchestre des Parisiens, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico, l'Orchestre de l'AMI, Grand l=Orchestre d=Harmonie (Brussels), Bohemian Festival Orchestra, Thuringen Philharmonie, Pilsen Radio Symphony, Silesian State Philharmonic, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Armenian Philharmonic, Yerevan Symphony, Bucharest Philharmonic, Brasov Philharmonic, Filarmonica Moldova, Filarmonica Sibiu, Kosice Philharmonic, Karlsbad Symphony, Rivne Chamber Orchestra, Teplice Philharmonic, Bialystok Philharmonic, l'Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Louis Petit, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Pusan Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Orchestra London, Saskatoon Symphony, Royal Conservatory Orchestra, Mozart Festival Orchestra, Bangor Symphony, Okanagan Symphony, Arkady Festival Orchestra and many others.
Shad shnoragal em. I will be in Toronto (Scarborough- if I'm not mistaken) from October 4th to 6th for a wedding. Unfortunately you aren't conducting any concerts that weekend.
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Dear Nurhan, wonderful music on your page; great performance too! Thank you very much for the friendship; I'm really honored. Wish you success and a Happy New Year. Warm regards, Ruud.
Happy New Year! I BELIEVE that 2008 has wonderful things in store for you! Have a amazing new year!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again for your friendship... you are phenominal! ter
"The nature of listening is the experience of hearing something and then realizing that you're no longer hearing it and that you're hearing something else. This is part and parcel of hearing... All you need to see is you're brought into direct contact with ephemerality". John Cage
