Originally from Avignon, Emmanuel Arak\u00e9lian has, from a very young age, developed a passion for ancient and modern keyboards; initially trained at the Regional Conservatory of Toulon, then at the National Conservatory of Paris, he simultaneously studied the organ, the harpsichord, the basso continuo as well as chamber music under the guidance of such leading figures as Pascal Marsault, Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou.<\/p>\n
Awarded numerous international prizes, and regularly hosted in renowned festivals, Emmanuel Arak\u00e9lian has little by little established himself as one of the leaders of his generation, due to his versatility and knowledge of the repertoire, on organ and harpsichord.<\/p>\n
He is invited to famous festivals, both in France and abroad, including the musical season of Radio-France, the Roquevaire Organ Festival, the Festival International des Grandes-Orgues de Chartres, the Royaumont Foundation, the Festival de Saintes, not forgetting the Bach festival in Lausanne (Switzerland), the Mozartfest of Wu\u0308rzburg (Germany), the festival of early music in Utrecht (The Netherlands), and other venues in Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic and Canada.
\nEmmanuel Arak\u00e9lian plays with equal interest the contemporary repertoire, namely composers like Vincent Paulet, Valery Aubertin, Edith Canat-Chizy, Thierry Escaich or Bernard Foccroulle, who frequently appear on the programmes of his concerts.<\/p>\n
As the tenured organist on the legendary Great-Organ Isnard of the Basilica of Saint-Maximin, he has created, in partnership with the local authorities, the Summer festival known as \u2018Harmonies d\u2019orgue\u2019, and the \u2018renaissance de l\u2019acad\u00e9mie de Saint-Maximin\u2019 of which he is the artistic director.
\nIn November 2016, he became the seventh \u2018Young Artist in Residence\u2019 at the Cathedral of New Orleans (Louisiana), which got him for almost six months to perform regularly on several of the great scenes of North-America.<\/p>\n
Very committed to passing his art on, Emmanuel Arak\u00e9lian has been a professor of organ at the \u2018Pierre Barbizet\u2019 Regional Conservatory of Marseille since 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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