Vahan Mardirossian
Photo: Rino Noviello
Armenian pianist and conductor Vahan Mardirossian, 45, has been named Music Director of the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie in Belgium.
Created in 1958 by the Belgian violinist Lola Bobesco, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie (ORCW) is the country’s oldest orchestra. Marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, its first season will open on 23 October in Mons in the new Arsonic Hall and will celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of the Walloon composer Henry Vieuxtemps.
