Ara Malikian

Ara Malikian is back to Madrid with his latest tour, the Intruso Tour, and his innovative staging. On this occasion visits the Teatro Real on 28 December.

Ara Malikian, who is Lebanese of Armenian descent, was born in 1968 and began playing the violin at an early age. His talent was soon recognised despite the difficult circumstances that he had to live through because of the Lebanese Civil War, even forcing him to study in the air-raid shelters. He gave his first important concert primer at the age of 12 and when he was 14, the orchestra conductor, Hans Herbert-Jöris got him a scholarship to study at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover. At the age of 15, he was the youngest student admitted to this prestigious higher musical studies centre.

This is a unique event in which the melodies of the world can be discovered thanks to the magical artist and his exotic shows, in which the innovative staging is joined by Ara Malikian’s energy and passion to build an event with classical instruments which is not seen very often.