Tanya Gabrielian (T.Gabrielian), Piano

Biography

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, including New York's Carnegie Hall and London's Southbank Centre.

Tanya Gabrielian has performed with numerous 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, Japan, Scotland, South Korea, and Spain, 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 was chosen as one of the "Performances of the Year 2006" by Seen and Heard International.  Her recent Wigmore Hall debut 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." Ms. Gabrielian was recently featured on the cover of the November 2007 issue of the magazine Clavier.

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 with John McCarthy. In 2000, Ms. Gabrielian 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. She currently works with John Perry at The Colburn School.