VC Artist Diana Adamyan Performs Bach’s Chaconne

Diana’s single “Chaconne” is now streaming on all platforms including Apple and Spotify

VC Artist Diana Adamyan has premiered a new studio recording and video featuring the Chaconne from J.S. Bach’s Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004. 

Written sometime between 1718 and 1720, Bach’s monumental Chaconne is the final and longest movement of the second partita. Historians have speculated that Bach wrote it after learning of his wife Maria Barbara’s unexpected passing while he was away. 

“On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings,” Brahms wrote to Clara Schumann of the Chaconne. “If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind.”

Produced by Armenian National Music, Diana’s “Chaconne” is now streaming here. Watch the video below!

“I’m beyond thrilled to finally share with you my recording of BACH’s Chaconne — a project close to my heart, created in collaboration with Armenian National Music!” Diana shared on Facebook. “Thank you to everyone who stood by me on this journey! 

“This recording is the result of incredible teamwork, and I’m truly grateful to have shared these past months with such talented and supportive people. The single is now available on all major streaming platforms!”

In addition to the Chaconne, Diana recorded the solo violin arrangement of Francisco Tarrega’s virtuosic “Recuerdos de la Alhambra.” This video is also available on her YouTube Channel here.

Currently based in Germany, Diana won international acclaim when she earned first prize at both the 2018 Menuhin Competition and the Khachaturian International Competition. 

She has since played solo with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Göttinger Symphonieorchester, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Niederbayerische Philharmonie, Staatsorchester Darmstadt, and more. 

Diana has also presented recitals across the US, Tokyo, and France, and performed at the Aspen Festival, Seiji Ozawa Academy, and the Matsumoto International Music Festival. 

A graduate of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and the NAC Summer Music School, her mentors included Petros Haykazyan, Ana Chumachenco, Pinchas Zukerman, and Leonidas Kavakos. In 2024, she signed with Askonas Holt for general management.