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Haik Kazazyan is one of the leading violinists of his generation, highly sought after on major international stages. He has performed with orchestras such as the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (RTÉ), the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, among many others.

He has collaborated with renowned conductors including Valery Gergiev, Teodor Currentzis, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Andrew Litton, Yuri Bashmet, Constantine Orbelian, Alexander Liebreich, Alexander Sladkovsky, Sergey Smbatyan, and Gianluca Marcianò.

As a chamber musician, Haik has performed with Denis Matsuev, Freddy Kempf, Eliso Virsaladze, Natalia Gutman, Alexander Kniazev, Alexander Buzlov, Boris Andrianov, Eva Gevorgyan, and many other distinguished artists.

Haik has appeared at major venues including Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Barbican Hall, Wigmore Hall, Victoria Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and the Grand Hall of the St Petersburg Philharmonia. He is a regular guest at festivals such as Verbier, Aspen, Sion, Tongyeong, Arts Square, and the Trans-Siberian Art Festival. His performances have been broadcast on Mezzo, Medici.tv, TV Kultura, BBC Radio, Polish Radio, and various European television channels.

Haik Kazazyan is a prizewinner of major international competitions, including Classic Violin Olympus (Grand Prix), the George Enescu Competition, the Long–Thibaud Competition, the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the Henryk Wieniawski Competition, and the Isang Yun Competition.

Born in Yerevan, he began his musical studies with Levon Zoryan before continuing in Moscow with Professor Eduard Grach and chamber music studies with Alexander Bonduriansky. He later perfected his skills in London at the Royal College of Music under Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky and Levon Chilingirian. He has also taken part in masterclasses with Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, Pamela Frank, and Boris Kuschnir.