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		<description>SOFYA MELIKYANhighly sensitive 
performer. 
She always 
subordinates 
technical 
aspects 
to the 
rhetoric ...&#38;nbsp;
- pizzicato


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Pianist Sofya Melikyan is praised for being a “a highly sensitive performer, who always subordinates technical aspects to the rhetoric” (Remy Franck, Pizzicato) and “a musician with strong, self- confident voice” (Klassik Heute). 
She has been regularly presented at important venues around the world and as a soloist with orchestras including the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Spain, Cordoba Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Valencia Symphony Orchestra, New Europe Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, Spanish National Youth Orchestra, Master Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic of Galicia, Sinfonia Toronto, under conductors such as Adrian Leaper, Yaron Traub, Nurhan Arman, Salvador Brotons, Jaume Santonja, Yi-Chen Lin, Francisco Valero Terribas, Tigran Hakhnazaryan, among others.Winner of numerous international piano competitions, Melikyan's performances have been broadcast by the National Radio and Television of Spain, National Radio and Television of Armenia, National Radio of Catalonia, Melbourne ABC Classic FM Radio Station, Chicago WFMT Radio station, Radio France, Deutschlandfunk&#38;nbsp;Radio, Mezzo French Television Station, WDR 3 Radio Station in Germany, New York WXQR Radio Station, and many others.Recent performance highlights include concerts at the Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, American Liszt Society in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, &#38;nbsp;Bulgaria Concert Hall in Sofia, Santiago de Compostela Auditorium in Spain, Muziekcentrum in Gent, Flagey in Brussels, &#38;nbsp;"Chopin+" Festival in Luxembourg, Salle&#38;nbsp;Cortot in Paris, Malaga Philharmonic Society, Spanish Music Festival in Cadiz, where she premiered works by eleven female composers. Other noteworthy stages on&#38;nbsp;which she has performed include &#38;nbsp;Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Palau de la &#38;nbsp;Música in Valence, Palace of Festivals in Santander, Monumental Theatre in&#38;nbsp;Madrid, Belgrade Philharmonic Hall, Armenian Philharmonic Hall, Jordan Hall in Boston, Izumi Hall in Osaka, Guangzhou Opera House in China, Kaufhaus in Freiburg,&#38;nbsp;among many others.Aside from her extensive career as a soloist, Sofya Melikyan is also a passionate and highly sought-after chamber musician. She has collaborated with such artists as Amaury Coeytaux, Gary Hoffman, Torleif Thedeen, Tanja Becker - Bender, Silvia Simionescu, Lise Berthaud, Kim Kashkashian, Karen Ouzounian, Philippe Graffin&#38;nbsp;among others. As a member of former New York based Sima Trio, Melikyan was a Gold Medal winner at the New England International Chamber Music Competition in&#38;nbsp;Boston. Her newly formed trio with violinist David Haroutunian and cellist Mikayel Hakhnazaryan has recently released on British label "Rubicon Classics" an album&#38;nbsp;featuring Piano trios Op. 87 &#38;amp; 101 by Brahms. The CD is the first volume of series of recordings dedicated to Brahms’ chamber music with piano. Selected as a CD of&#38;nbsp;the day by France Musique, it continues receiving enthusiastic press internationally.Melikyan has also recorded two solo albums: "Women" with works by contemporary female composers on IBS Classical, as well as “Spanish Piano Music” with music by Granados and Mompou on Etcetera Records. Both CDs have received widespread international acclaim. (5* Classica, 10* Klassik Heute ; Golden disc “Melómano”,&#38;nbsp;4* “Pizzicato”; recommended by “Der Tagesspiegel”). Her next solo album dedicated to Ricardo Viñes will be released in 2022. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Sofya Melikyan began her musical training at the Tchaikovsky Special School of Yerevan with Anahit Shajbazyan. She completed her further training at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid with Joaquin Soriano (graduated with Honors), Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris with Ramzi Yassa&#38;nbsp;(graduated with Honors) and Manhattan School of Music in New York with Solomon Mikowsky. Other pianists who have mentored her are Brigitte Engerer and Galina&#38;nbsp;Eguiazarova. </description>
		
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25 January 2026 (DE)Theatersaal Sillenbuch Augustinum, StuttgartDuo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyanworks by Bach, Schubert, Clara Schumann&#38;nbsp; &#38;amp; F-A-E Sonata by Dietrich Schumann Brahms13 February 2026 (BE)
Academiezaal, Sint Truiden
Haroutunian/Hakhnazaryan/Melikyan trio
works by Mendelssohn, Babadjanian and Shostakovich 
14 February 2026 (BE)
Cultuurcentrum 30CC, Leuven 
Haroutunian/Hakhnazaryan/Melikyan trio
"Artsakh Echoes"
works by A. Avanesov, B. Mantovani, 
Babadjanian and Shostakovich 
19 February 2026 (DE)Freie Akademie, Hamburg&#38;nbsp;Duo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyan
Kurtag100works by Kurtag, Bach, Solano, Schubert and Enescu&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;
March 27th 2026 (FR)
La Francaise Festival 
Brahms Piano quartets 
19 April 2026, 7pm (DE)
Strawinsky Saal, Donauhallen, Donaueschingen
Duo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyan
"An American in Paris"
works by Tailleferre, Martinu, Gershwin,
Antheil, Kapralova &#38;amp; Ravel
4 June 2026 (CZ)
Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Pilsen
Chuhei Iwasaki, conductor
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

8 July 2026 (FR)Eglise Saint Aurélie, Strasbourg&#38;nbsp;Duo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya MelikyanKurtag100works by Kurtag, Bach, Solano, Schubert and Enescu&#38;nbsp; 
25 July 2026 (FR)Roscoff&#38;nbsp;Haroutunian/Hakhnazaryan/Melikyan trio"Artsakh Echoes"works by A. Avanesov, B. Mantovani and Babadjanian 

August 1st 2026 (DE)Hochschule für Musik, WeimarDuo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya MelikyanKurtag100works by Kurtag, Bach, Solano, Schubert and Enescu 
28 September 2026, 19:30 (ES)VI Festival Contemporáneo de Canarias
Teatro Guiniguada, Gran Canaria
CELEBRATING KURTAG&#38;nbsp;Duo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyan
29 September 2026, 19:30 (ES)VI Festival Contemporáneo de Canarias
Espacio La Granja, TenerifeCELEBRATING KURTAG&#38;nbsp;Duo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyan
9 November&#38;nbsp; 2026 (ES)Sociedad Filarmonica de Vigo
Solo Recital&#38;nbsp;
13 November 2026, 19:30 (DE)Schlosskirche Bad Homburg Duo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyan works by Mozart, Mayer &#38;amp; Schumann/Dietrich/Brahms

15 November 2026, 11:00 (DE)Vortragssaal des Museums Wiesbaden Mozart-Gesellschaft Wiesbaden
Duo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyan works by Mozart, Mayer &#38;amp; Schumann/Dietrich/Brahms

2 December 2026 (ES)Fundacion Juan March, MadridDuo Tanja Becker-Bender/Sofya Melikyanworks by Fauré, Lili Boulanger, Mihalovici and Enescu&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;

︎︎︎ past concerts
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︎ Federico Mompou's Variations on a Theme of Chopin Chopin+ Festival Luxembourg&#38;nbsp;

 ︎ Déodat de Séverac 'coin de cimetière, au printemps' - new CD 'présence lointaine' (Rubicon Classics)
︎ Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 2 mov no.3; Radio &#38;amp; Television Orchestra of Spain, Adrian Leaper conductor

︎ Camille Saint-Saëns piano concerto n°5; Real Filharmonía de Galicia,&#38;nbsp;Jaume Santonja conductor&#38;nbsp;
︎ Alexander Scriabin; caresse dansée, deux poèmes, CaixaForum Madrid

︎ Enrique Granados Goyescas 'Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor' Auditorio de Galicia Santiago de Compostela︎ Heroic Ballad by Arno Babadjanian 
Radio &#38;amp; Television Orchestra of Spain, Adrian Leaper conductor︎
THE BRAHMS PROJECT
Trio Melikyan/Haroutunian/Hakhnazaryan︎ Armenian Music for Piano TrioTrio Melikyan/Haroutunian/Hakhnazaryan


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"In one all-female program, Armenian pianist Sofya Melikyan proves an inspired and highly sensitive performer. She always subordinates technical aspects to the rhetoric.” Remy Franck, 4* Pizzicato, July 2018"Sofya Melikyan breathes the “lyricism" of Granados, she bends and unfolds her keyboard in the intricate arabesques that play with musical time...the depth of the harmony, the roundness of the timbres and the momentum of the accents, the profuse and intense colors, which from a moment to the other become watercolor - listen to her Nightingale!.. The Variations on a theme of Chopin are played with extreme sensitivity, delicacy, and intelligence that do justice to the modest genius, to the fragile poetry of Federico Mompou”. ‘Spanish Piano Music’, Jean-Charles Hoffelé, Discophila, October 2018

"The touch of Sofya Melikyan is soft, sensitive, almost floating but also always nuanced and precise”. ‘Spanish Piano Music’, “Recommendation of the Week” by Klassik Heute, September 2018
"This is an extraordinary, for me perhaps the best of all previous recording of the Goyescas. Sofya Melikyan understands how to play the six extremely demanding pieces in a natural flow and phrases with lyrically wide breath, knows about the spontaneous joy of life, intimacy, romantic longing…but also the pianistic roots of Liszt and Chopin despite the unmistakable atmosphere achieved by Spanish songs and dances. This suite demands a highly differentiated, masterful touch culture which Melikyan masters perfectly”. ‘Spanish Piano Music’, Ingobert Waltenberger, Online Merker, July 2018

“The Goyescas by Granados are performed with brilliant elegance by the Armenian pianist Sofya Melikyan”.‘Spanish piano music’, selected among ‘Best CDs of the summer’ by&#38;nbsp;Taggesspiegel, September 2018
"A recital that fascinates from the first to the last note”. ‘Spanish Piano Music’, Siebe Riedstra,&#38;nbsp;Opusklassiek,&#38;nbsp;April&#38;nbsp;2018 "The performer, whose expressiveness seems to fit perfectly with the pianistic universe of Mompou, leads us from one variation to another by means of an irreproachable and beautiful phrasing…it’s absolutely necessary to highlight a masterful use of pedal of this major pianist”.&#38;nbsp;‘Spanish Piano Music’, &#38;nbsp;Scherzo Magazine, October 2018
"The interpretation of the Armenian pianist Sofya Melikyan is indisputable. Full of subtle nuances, without fuss, it maintains a high intensity throughout the whole program apart from very distinct aesthetics of each composer”. &#38;nbsp;‘Women’,&#38;nbsp;Scherzo Magazine, June 2018"Melikyan’s interpretation of Gubaidulina’s Sonata is superb...Saaariajo’s Prelude is endowed by astonishing depth, an excellent treat of the line and a very rich sound palette”.‘Women’, “GOLDEN DISC”, Melomano Magazine, October 2018
"A strong, self-confident voice rises in the interpretation of the Armenian-born Sofya Melikyan - and on the new CD "Women" she makes a strong statement…”, ‘Women’, Recommendation of the Week, Klassik Heute, September 2018
"Melikyan’s expressive power enhances the value of these compositions…Interpretations full of power that combine high wire virtuosity with a profound musical intuition.” ‘Women’ 4* Ritmo Magazine, June 2018</description>
		
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CONCERTS &#38;amp; RECITALS
ARMENIA 
Armenian National Philharmonic Hall, Yerevan
"Komitas" Chamber Music Hall, YerevanCafesjian Center for the Arts, &#38;nbsp;YerevanAUSTRALIA and ASIAIzumi Hall, Osaka, JapanGuangzhou Opera House, ChinaNational Gallery of Victoria - Melbourne, AustraliaEUROPE León Auditorium, SpainCaixa Forum in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma, Zaragoza, Spain“Fundación Juan March”, Madrid, SpainCAPe Ettelbruck, Luxembourg“Alfred Cortot” Concert Hall, Paris, FranceConcert Hall of Historisches Kaufhaus, Freiburg, Germany
Strawinsky Saal, Donaueschingen&#38;nbsp;Palace of Festivals, Santander, Spain
Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona, SpainNeumünster, Zurich, SwitzerlandRoyal Academy of Fine Arts, Madrid, SpainPhilharmonic Hall, Belgrade, SerbiaBulgaria Concert Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria“Miguel Delibes” Cultural Center, Valladolid, SpainSociedad Filarmonica de la Coruna, Spain“Palau de la Musica”, Valencia, SpainTheatre of Creil, France“Palau de la Musica” Barcelona, Spain“Monumental” Theatre, Madrid, SpainPhilharmonic Society of Vigo, Spain“Conde Duque” Cultural Center, Madrid, SpainMain Theatre of Burgos, SpainUSACarnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, New YorkKennedy Center, Washington DCThe Seligman Performing Arts Center - Beverly Hills, Michigan“Dame Myra Hess Concert Series”, Chicago Cultural Center - Chicago, IllinoisBruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, New YorkChamber Music Society of Red Bank, New JerseyDweck Center for Contemporary Arts, BrooklynSouthwestern State University's Jackson Hall, Albany, GeorgiaAlbany Museum of Art, Albany, GeorgiaHarris Concert Hall, MemphisLatin AmericaTeatro Martí Habana, Cuba

SOLO PERFORMANCES&#38;nbsp;
WITH ORCHESTRAArmenian National Symphony OrchestraRadio and Television Orchestra of SpainValencia Symphony OrchestraSofia Chamber Orchestra (Bulgaria)“New Europe“ Chamber OrchestraYouth Orchestra of AndalucíaSpanish National Youth OrchestraNational Symphony Orchestra of Cuba&#38;nbsp;
Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra
MUSIC FESTIVALSJoaquin Turina Chamber Music Festival, Sevilla, SpainSchloss Wonfurt Music Festival, Wonfurt, Germany2nd International Piano Festival, Valladolid, Spain15th International Piano Festival, Tenerife, Spain “Young Musicians of Spain” Music Festival, Madrid, SpainMusic Festival of the Musicians of former Soviet Union Republics, Moscow, Russia BEMUS International Music Festival, Belgrade, Serbia14th International Music Festival of Ibiza, Spain3d Domenico Scarlatti International Piano Festival, SpainGreat Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Detroit, USA

LIVE &#38;amp; STUDIO 
BROADCASTSNational Radio and Television of SpainClassical music Radio Station of CataloniaChicago Fine Arts Radio StationNational Radio and Television Station of Armenia“Muzzik” French Television Station
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Séverac - Viñes - Ravel&#38;nbsp; Fauré - Satie - Mompou


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Mompou - Granados

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IBS CLASSICAL&#38;nbsp;

Goubaïdoulina - Chitchyan&#38;nbsp; Saariaho - Quiaro&#38;nbsp;


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Rubicon Classics 


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Perfil del aire Julian Elvira - Sofya MelikyanIBS CLASSICAL
Eduardo Costa Roldán

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Melikyan-Haroutunian-Hakhnazaryan
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