Gayane Grigoryan

Gayane Grigoryan began playing violin at the age of seven. She studied at the Arno Babajanian Music College and the Komitas State Conservatory where she worked with Ara Bogdanyan, a former student of David Oistrakh, Armen Haroutunian, Ara Gregorian and Joanne Bath. Her solo appearances and recordings include performances with the Yerevan Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Arno Babajanyan Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, the Alan Hovhannes Chamber Orchestra, the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, the Espirito Santo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Armenian TV and Radio National Symphony Orchestra, the Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, the Neue Philharmonie Hamburg. She participated in two competitions: the Aslamazyan and Gabrielyan National String Competition where she received a Diploma, and the J.S. Bach National Competition where she received the First Prize. As a chamber musician Ms. Grigoryan recorded with the Gloria string quartet in Yerevan, Armenia, was a member of the Hrachya piano trio, and currently is a member of the string quartet sponsored by the Amabile Classic organization in Hamburg, Germany, which focuses on contemporary music. She also served as a faculty member at the Arno Babajanyan Music College and at the Methodist University.