Los Angeles City Council Member Adrin Nazarian will honor Domingo Hindoyan, the new Richard Seaver Music Director of LA Opera, with a City Certificate during a City Council presentation on Oct. 14.

Hindoyan took up the post in July. LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch was listed among the participants, and the presentation also includes performances by the Lark Musical Society and the Barekamutiun International Dance Studio. Nazarian paired the welcome with a recognition of October as Armenian Heritage Month, citing Hindoyan’s Armenian heritage as a factor in his path to the podium.

Hindoyan is an Armenian-Venezuelan conductor and violinist. Born in Caracas, he began his studies as a violinist in Venezuela’s El Sistema program and earned a master’s degree in conducting from the Geneva University of Music. In 2012, he was selected for the Allianz International Conductors Academy, where he worked with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra and was mentored by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Sir Andrew Davis.

He has conducted at the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera, as well as with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. He has served as principal guest conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and was named chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.