Lusine Khachatryan

Lusine Khachatryan is regarded in today’s classical music world as a "poetess of the keyboard". Her international performances have inspired audiences in prestigious concert halls such as the Alte Oper (Frankfurt/Main), Herkulessaal (Munich), Liederhalle (Stuttgart), Tonhalle (Zürich), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Louvre and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris), Wigmore Hall (London), Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels), Palau de la Música (Barcelona), Oji Hall (Tokyo), Carnegie Hall (New York), among many others.
She is a laureate of several international piano competitions and has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Musical Advancement Award (Baden Cultural Foundation), the "Freundeskreis" scholarship from the Karlsruhe Academy of Music, and a special grant from the German foundation Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
In addition to solo recitals, she is equally compelling as a performer with chamber and symphony orchestras, and also in duo performances with her brother, violinist Sergey Khachatryan. Together, they recorded their first album with EMI Classics in 2002, followed by violin and piano sonatas by C. Franck and D. Shostakovich (2007) with the French label Naïve, the complete sonatas for piano and violin by J. Brahms (2013), and My Armenia, featuring works by Armenian composers (2015).
In 2012, Lusine Khachatryan created a new form of art: "Piano-Theater", where dramatic art and classical piano music blend. Her works include Mary Stuart, based on F. Schiller (2012), Chopin – The Piano is My Other Self (2013), Clara Wieck Plays Schumann (2013), and ԿԱՐՈՏ / Nostalgia about Armenian culture (2015).
"A superb pianist, with a broad sound and dazzling technique..." — The New York Times