Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, at 29 years old director of the Milan Symphony Orchestra.

Viennese of Iranian-Armenian origin, he is the youngest in the history of the orchestra.

Born into a family of musicians, his mother is a pianist, his father, Loris Haykasi Tjeknavorian, composer and conductor in Iran and Armenia.
The twenty-nine-year-old Emmanuel Tjeknavorian is the new musical director of the Milan Symphony Orchestra, which has just celebrated 30 years of activity. Viennese, from a family of Iranian-Armenian origin - father director of the Tehran and Armenian symphony orchestra and composer, mother pianist – Tjeknavorian has been a career violinist for some time. He played with Bychkov, Termikanov and at La Scala with Chailly. His new commitment with the Milan Symphony includes the direction of ten concerts per season and the choice of the entire programme; first appointment on February 16th (repeat on the 18th).