Nareh Arghamanyan
 
     
 
Born in 1989 in Armenia, Nareh Arghamanyan began her piano studies at the age of five. Three years later, she entered the Tchaikovsky Music School for Talented Children in Yerevan where she studied with Alexander Gurgenov and studied there until her graduation from the School. In 2004 she was the youngest student to be admitted to the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she studied with Heinz Medjimorec since now.

Ms. Arghamanyan career breakthrough came on 2008 when she won the Montreal International Music Competition, there she also received the Audience Choice Award and a special award for the best interpretation of Canadian imposed work. Nareh has been the First Prize in 2009 "Sparkasse Wortersee" Competition in Velden, Austria, First Prize at the 2007 Piano Campus International Competition in Pontoise, France, and took second prize recipient at the 2007 Jose Roca International Competition in Valencia, Spain. In 2005, after one year of study in Vienna, she won the Josef Dichler Piano Competition and the following year she was awarded a scholarship from the Herbert von Karajan Foundation.

Ms. Arghamanyan's first major recognition came at the coveted Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition in Salt Lake City in 2000 where she was the Second Prize winner. Previously, she was the recipient of First Prize at the 1997 International Chopin Piano Competition in Yugoslavia, followed by First Prize at the 1998 International Competition for Young Talents in Ukraine. In 1999 she captured the Gold Medal at the Armenian Legacy National Piano Competition in the juniors' category.

Following her performances in Montreal Competition the La Scena Musicale wrote: "From the first chord on, it was clear that she was an artist to be reckoned with. She played with an equally big technique, but her playing was not just about technique-it was also about playing the music. Her playing was as poetic and it was prodigious technically. Here we have a complete artist-at 19!" and the LeDevoir went on comparing her with Argerich "Certains se demandent déjà si on ne dira pas un jour Nareh comme on dit Martha[Argerich]".

Ms. Arghamanyan has already appeared in prestigious halls such as Palais d'Athenée in Geneva, Place des Arts Montreal, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wiener Musikverein, San Francisco Chamber Music Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Wroclaw Philamonia. Festivals include Colmar Festival de France, San Francisco Chamber Music Festival, Suolathi Music Festival(Finland) , Klavier 2002 Festival(Estonia), and Tanglewood Music Festival(USA).

Nareh also appeared as a soloist with Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Mont-Blanc Symphony Orchestra(France/Switzerland), Wroclaw Philarmonic Orchestra(Poland), Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal, Orchestre Nationale de Cergy-Pontoise (France), Orchestre symphonique du Conservatoire National de Région de Marseille, Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra, and National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia.


Upcoming performances include recitals in USA, Canada, Germany . She will appear with recitals in some of important festivals such as Domaine Forget Festival, Lanuadiere Festival, and in Marlboro Chamber Music Festival as a chamber musician. Concerto performances include Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Mcgill Chamber Orchestra, I Musici chamber Orchestra and Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

In May 2009 she has released her first debut album at the label "Analekta" with the piano sonatas of Liszt and Rachmaninov.

Nareh is a concert artist presented by Arts Management Group, New York.