09/19/2026
SEPTEMBER CONCERT ARTIST FEATURE - SEGEI BABAYAN, PIANO: Sergei Babayan opens our season with a solo recital this Sunday, September 20 and you won't want to miss him! Here's why... 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 an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist with a distinguished and award-winning discography. 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.”
Sergei Babayan was born into a musical family in Armenia during the Soviet occupation. After receiving his first piano lessons from Luiza Markaryan and Georgy Saradjev, a leading representative of the St. Petersburg school and former student of the legendary Vladimir Sofronitsky, he went on to study at the Moscow Conservatory with Lev Naumov, Vera Gornostayeva, and Mikhail Pletnev. In 1989, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Babayan came to the West, drawing international notice with first-prize wins at the Cleveland, Hamamatsu, and Scottish International Piano Competitions. Now an American citizen, he makes his home in New York City.
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