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Isabel Bayrakdarian's CD won at
Title of Isabel Bayrakdarian's winning CD:
Viardot-Garcia: Lieder Chansons Canzoni Mazurkas (with pianist Serouj Kradjian). ?
Brief biography:
Isabel Bayrakdarian is a world-renowned Armenian-Canadian soprano. Born in
In 2004 she married pianist Serouj Kradjian. The wedding, which took place in traditional setting in
Isabel Bayrakdarian has successfully combined an international operatic career with an exciting schedule that includes recitals, orchestral concerts and film projects. Applauded in the opera houses of
Her recordings:
Her first recording, titled “Joyous Light”, was released in March 2002 and rose to No. 1 in the Canadian classical charts. Soon afterwards, her vocals were featured in Atom Egoyan?s film “Ararat”, and in the movie “Lord of the Rings: the
This is not the first time that Isabel Bayrakdarian wins this prize at Juno Awards. Her second CD, titled “Azulao” (Bluebird), won at Juno 2004 Awards in the same category “Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance”, her “Cleopatra” CD won a second Juno awards. And this year comes the third Juno awards.
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She released an acclaimed CD featuring arias from various operas (including Handel's Giulio Cesare and arias by Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Adolf Hasse and Johann Mattheson).
She has just released a new album with fellow Canadians Russell Braun and Michael Schade featuring arias and duets composed by Mozart.
Serouj Kradjian, the Canadian-Armenian pianist enjoys a versatile concert career throughout Europe, North American and
About the Juno Awards:
The 2006 JUNO Awards,
1.7 million viewers turned into the broadcast on CTV with an increase in viewer ship of almost 30% from the 2005 broadcast.
CTV began broadcasting the JUNO Awards in 2002 when it telecast the Awards from
The 2007 JUNO Awards will be broadcast from
Official website of Isabel Bayrakdarian:
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The list of the winner (PDF format):
http://www.azad-hye.net/media/m1/juno-awards-winners-2006.pdf
