AIWA Greater NY | Career in Arts and Music

AIWA GREATER NY PRESENTS

CAREER IN ARTS AND MUSIC

Date: Wednesday October 18 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm 

Location: Zoom Webinar

Registration Fee: Members - $10

                                Non-Members - $15

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Are you aspiring to build a thriving career as an artist or a musician?

Meet Dr. Nuné Melik, a distinguished violinist and a rising star on the global stage to learn how she pushed the boundaries of music.

GUEST SPEAKER:

Dr. Nuné Melik

“A violinist who has proven the theory of self-actualization” (The Strings Magazine)!

Dr. Nuné Melik is an emerging artist on the international stage who believes that music has no limitations. 

The only Armenian female violinist to have a Carnegie Hall’s Stern debut with a symphony orchestra.

Nune is equally comfortable playing with Jimmy Buffett and for wounded soldiers in hospitals. Born in Siberia to a family of medical PhDs, at the age of 19, she immigrated by herself to Canada. In 2009, she became the youngest person to be accepted to a Master’s Degree at the University of Montreal. She performed at the United Nations Headquarters, Lincoln Center, and Walt Disney Hall, to name a few.

Nune is a winner of more than 18 awards. A North American Representative of the Arno Babadjanian Foundation, she defended the first comprehensive dissertation about the composer at McGill University. and graduated from there with a Doctorate Degree in 2019. 

Following her passion for research, Nune will be publishing the first biography about Babadjanian in English.

Dr. Nune Melik lives in the Upper East Side, in New York City. She speaks 6 languages, and enjoys a busy life as a performing artist and educator.