Sergei Babayan
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Sergei Babayan was born in Guimri, Armenia. He began his musical studies at age six with Luisa Markaryan. He studied under Lev Naumov and at the Moscow Conservatory under Michel Pletnev.
His programming often includs modern works by composers such as Lutoslawsky, Ligeti and Arvo Pärt. He frequently appears as soloist with orchestra as The National Orchestra of Belgium, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Italian Symphony Orchestra of Brescia & Bergamo, the Czech State Philharmonic.
He collaborated with conductors as Yuri Temirkanov, Neeme Jarvi, Hans Graf, David Robertson, Kazimierz Kord and Michael Christi. He recorded with Connoisseur Society label, Discover Records and Pro Piano Records. He is Artist-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
[edit] Awards
In 1989, he traveled to the United States and in the same year he won first prize in the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition. After, he won first prize in the Palm Beach International Piano Competition, first prize in the Hamamatsu Competition.
He was a Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition. He won the first prize in the Scottish International Piano Competition, and the third prize at the Busoni International Piano Competition. He was a prize winner at the Esther Honens International Piano Competition.
