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Johns Hopkins University’s Sergey Khachatryan Born in 1980 in Yerevan, Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan moved to Germany to study with Josef Rissin before becoming, in 2000, the youngest ever to win the VIII International Jean Sibelius competition in Helsinki, and going on to win first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2005. Following his North American debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2004, Mr Khachatryan has performed with major U.S. orchestras. International highlights include appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Sydney Symphony, NHK Symphony and Taiwan National Symphony. With his pianist sister Lusine, Mr. Khachatryan has performed recitals in New York at both Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall. Forthcoming seasons include return appearances with the Seattle Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra. Sergey Khachatryan last appeared with the BSO in March of 2006, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto, Andrew Constantine conductor. A pre-eminent program of noncredit arts and sciences lectures and mini-courses designed for anyone with a burning curiosity and an undying thirst for learning. Our Spring 2016 Offerings will include: • Two writers’ retreats at the Donaldson Brown Center in Port Deposit, Maryland: “Journal to the Self,” with Diane Finlayson. March 12 –13 “Memory and Imagination,” with Mary Azr