LIFE JOURNEY

1986—1989
Impressed by the 13-year-old talent,
russian violin professor Zakhar Bron invited Madoyan to continue his studies at the Novosibirsk Glinka Conservatory.
1988
Madoyan won the 1st Prize at the All-Russian Competition for Young Violinists, and became the laureate and the winner of the Special Jury Prize at the International H. Wieniawski and K. Lipinski Competition for Young Violinists in Poland.
1986 - 1984
Nikolay Madoyan was admitted to the Tchaikovsky Music School in Yerevan, where he studied under the patronage of professor Hrachya Bogdanyan.
1984 - 1980
Music School N 12 (class of E. Nurazyan), Yerevan, Armenia.
1998
1995
Medal of the Coat of Arms of the City of Yerevan.
1995
Grieg: Violin Sonatas.
Label: Kontrapunkt
1992
Laureate and Special Prize winner for the Best Performer of the Japanese Work at Tokyo International Competition of Violinists ( Japan)
1991
1st prize at the International Kulenkampff Competition of Violinists (Cologne, Germany)
1990
Die Meisterschüler von Zakhar Bron. (N. Madoyan, D. Garett, M. Vengerov, V. Repin).
Label: Ambitus Musikproduktion
Release of the first CD album - with the prodigy class of professor Zakhar Bron
(N. Madoyan, V. Repin, M. Vengerov, N. Prischepenko, D. Garett)
Label: Ambitus Musikproduktion
"Madoyan-Westenholz-Denitzen" trio
Madoyan was the founder of the "Madoyan-Westenholz-Denitzen" trio, which successfully toured around Europe, featuring works by Shostakovich, Schubert, Beethoven and Ravel.
2017
Guinness World Record – The Longest Violin Performance, "Officially Amazing" – 33 hours, 2 minutes and 41 seconds, England
2018 – 2008
2007
Favourite Encores.
Label: Cowbell Music
2004
Merited Artist of Armenia.
2004
Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture, Armenia.
2003
President Prize of the Republic of Armenia For the high performance of 15 violin miniatures of outstanding composers of 17–20 centuries
2002
Honorary Professor of the Komitas State Conservatory, Yerevan, Armenia

2001 – 1999
Ph.D. at Berlin University of the Art, Germany. Graduation Concert (Dec.2001)