VERY SAD NEWS | Royal Danish Academy of Music Violin Professor Serguei Azizian Has Died

Armenian-born violinist Serguei Azizian has passed away in Copenhagen - aged 60

Armenian-born violinist Serguei Azizian has passed away in Copenhagen, from cancer - aged 60.

A graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory, Professor Azizian was a former Concertmaster of the Copenhagen Philharmonic - and he served a longterm violin teaching position on faculty at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

SERGUEI AZIZIAN | BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 3RD MVT | HEINRICH SCHIFF & COPHENHAGEN PHILHARMONIC | 2000

In 2009 Mr Azizian was awarded a prestigious Carl Nielsen and Anne-Marie Carl Nielsen Award - in recognition of his contribution to art and culture in Denmark.

Our condolences are with his family, friends, colleagues and students.