Sergei babayan martha argerich biography

Sergei Babayan has long been venerated as a “pianist’s pianist” whose interpretations combine “quiet beauty and emotional fire” (The Times of London).

Celebrated for his solo recitals, chamber concerts, and concerto collaborations with orchestras around the globe, the Armenian American pianist is also one of today’s preeminent pedagogues and an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist with a growing and distinguished discography.

Sergei Babayan is an Armenian-American pianist.

Martha Argerich was born in Buenos Aires.

“I was first introduced to Deutsche Grammophon when I was fourteen, through Martha Argerich's recording of Chopin's E minor Concerto,” he recalled at the time.

Sergei Babayan has long been venerated as a “pianist's pianist” whose interpretations combine “quiet beauty and emotional fire” (The Times of London).

Born in Armenia into a musical family, Babayan began his studies there with Georgy Saradjev and continued at the Moscow Conservatory with Mikhail Pletnev, Vera.

Bachtrack calls him “one of the greatest pianists of our time.” “This is piano playing of the very highest echelon,” agrees MusicWeb International. As Canada’s Le Devoir concludes, “Babayan is a genius. Period.”

Over the coming season, Babayan performs Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto with Naples’s Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo and the same composer’s Third with orchestras including Belgium’s Antwerp Symphony, led by its Chief Conductor, Elim Chan; Maryland’s National Philharmonic at Strathmore; and France’s Orchestre symphonique de l’Op