Tanya Gabrielian

Hailed by the London Times as "a pianist of powerful physical and imaginative muscle," Tanya Gabrielian's international successes include first prizes in both the 2004 Scottish International Piano Competition and the 2003 Aram Khachaturyan International Piano Competition. She has performed in renowned concert halls throughout North America, Europe, and Asia and was featured on the cover of the November 2007 issue of the magazine Clavier. In 2008, Ms. Gabrielian was chosen as the winner of the Pro Musicis International Award.

Tanya Gabrielian has performed with a number of orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New London Sinfonia, and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and she toured Scotland with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, making her debut at Usher Hall, Edinburgh, and a return performance at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Performances have taken her to Armenia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Japan, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, and Switzerland, as well as across the United States, including Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco. Ms. Gabrielian's Southbank debut recital in the Purcell Room in London, presented by the Philharmonia Orchestra, was chosen as one of the "Performances of the Year 2006" by Seen and Heard International. Her Wigmore Hall debut, as winner of the coveted Wigmore Prize awarded by the Royal Academy of Music, was reviewed as "revelatory, a feast of romantic pianism which held us enthralled" and "an astounding achievement by any standards, and one I cannot imagine being bettered… Remember the name—Tanya Gabrielian—you will be hearing a lot more from her I feel sure." Recent and upcoming performances include recitals in Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Cortot in Paris, and the Edinburgh International Festival, as well as live radio broadcasts from KCSN in Los Angeles, WGBH in Boston, WFMT in Chicago, and NPR.

Tanya Gabrielian has performed with such artists as Alexander Lazarev, Edwin Outwater, and Paul Coletti, and she has had the opportunity to work with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Stephen Hough, John O'Conor, Richard Goode, Peter Frankl, Lazar Berman, Jerome Lowenthal, and Matti Raekallio. She has been generously supported by the Philharmonia Orchestra's Martin Musical Scholarship, Hattori Foundation, Musicians Benevolent Fund, Craxton Memorial Trust, Ricci Foundation, Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust, Nora Naismith Scholarship, Benjamin Dale Award, Donald J. Isaak Piano Foundation, and the Shenson Scholarship.

Born in the United States in 1983, Ms. Gabrielian began playing the piano at the age of three and studied in the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2000, she moved to London, where she received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Hamish Milne and Alexander Satz. Upon graduation, she was awarded with a DipRAM, the highest performing award of the Royal Academy of Music, and she received the prize for the best final recital for six consecutive years. Ms. Gabrielian currently resides in New York City and works with Robert McDonald at The Juilliard School, where she was the only student accepted to the prestigious Artist Diploma program in 2009.