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| death_place = Marseille, France | instrument = Violin | genre = Classical | occupation = Violinist, pedagogue | years_active = 1946–2015 | notable_instruments = the "Merguerian" Nicolò Amati }} Jean Ter-Merguerian ((アルメニア語:Ժան Տեր-Մերկերյան); Marseille, 5 October 1935 – Marseille, 29 September 2015) was a French-Armenian virtuoso violinist and violin pedagogue.〔(interview with Jean Ter-Merguerian ), Asparez, 17 April 2013.〕〔(AVproduction ), Jean Ter-Merguerian, violinist - photo gallery〕〔(Armenian Celebrities: ) Jean Ter-Merguerian, violinist〕 ==Biography== Jean Ter-Merguerian has got the first prize for violin at the Marseille Conservatoire at the age of 11. In the same year, his first recital took place, where he performed Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor and Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E minor. He continued his musical studies in Yerevan with Prof. Karp Dombayev and then in the Moscow Conservatory in the class of David Oistrakh. Jean Ter-Merguerian is a prizewinner of international violin competitions, such as Prague Spring (1956), Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Queen Elisabeth in Bruxelles (1963). He also got the first Grand Prix at the Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris (1961).〔(Prize Long-Thibaud - First great prize (1961) ), Jean Ter-Merguerian - Russia〕 He taught in the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory having simultaneously multiple concerts in ex-USSR, Western Europe, Lebanon,〔(Chance to witness brilliance of a violinist from the old school ), The Daily Star, Lebanon News, February 25, 2000〕 South America, the United States, and Canada. In 1975, during his USA tour, he played in Boston the Violin Concerto by Brahms; The story goes that, at the conclusion of the concert, the conductor Arthur Fiedler, who was very hard to please and given to lavishing praise, embraced the young violinist on stage with paternal love and wished him success. This was the ringing endorsement of the talent of Jean Ter Merguerian, who had just given his first performance in the United States. His solo performances were accompanied by orchestras of different countries conducted by famous conductors, also Aram Khachaturian having conducted his own violin concerto. Jean Ter-Merguerian is a member of juries of international competitions: "Paganini" in Italy, "Sarasate" in Spain, "Tchaikovsky" in Moscow and ("Khachaturian" )〔(Jury members ), "Aram Khachaturian Competition", 2005〕 in Yerevan. Leaved in France, giving master classes there and abroad. He played on a ''Nicolò Amati'' violin. Jean Ter-Merguerian died of cancer, after a long illness at his home, in Marseille, on 29 September 2015.〔(SAD NEWS | French-Amenian Violinist Jean Ter-Merguerian Has Died )〕 He is survived by his wife, the pianist Lilia, his son and his daughter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Ter-Merguerian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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