Nikolay Madoyan

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 toured Europe with recitals of the complete 24 Caprices, using the composer's original bowings and performing without intermission, with The Strad describing his playing as featuring “rapid-fire runs, audacious jumps, and masterful technical prowess.”

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.