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Jean-Paul Gasparian's recitals in Yerevan and Gyumri
Renowned pianist Jean-Paul Gasparian (France) will perform solo concerts in Gyumri and Yerevan. These concerts are organized in collaboration with the Embassy of the French Republic in Armenia and the French Institute. On April 3, Jean-Paul Gasparian will take the stage at the Gyumri Chamber Hall. On April 5, he will be featured at the "Arno Babajanyan" Concert Hall. Gasparian will present works by Komitas, Aram Khachaturian, Arno Babajanyan, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Gerard Gasparyan. Many of these performances are included in Jean-Paul Gasparian's new CD, which is entirely dedicated to Armenian music. This album received the "Diapason d'or" award and garnered positive reviews from the international press ("A Musician Of Huge Imagination" - Gramophone).
Born in Paris in 1995, Jean-Paul Gasparian studied at Paris National Conservatoire with Olivier Gardon, Jacques Rouvier, Michel Beroff, Laurent Cabasso, Claire Désert and Michel Dalberto. Jean-Paul has been a member of international piano masterclasses with Elisso Virsaladze and Tatiana Zelikman, selected for the Verbier Academy 2014, and Prize Winner of the Salzburg Academy 2010. In 2018, he graduated from the Royal College of Music in London (Artist Diploma), with Prof. Vanessa Latarche. He is also an alumni of the Lieven Piano Foundation.
He is the winner of the Bremen European Competition 2014 and has been a laureate at many other competitions. He is also the piano Laureate of the Cziffra Foundation Prize 2015. He has obtained the 1st Philosophy Prize at the Concours Général des Lycéens de France (French national contest) in 2013. Jean-Paul Gasparian has played with Orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Bremer Philharmoniker, Robert-Schumann Philharmonie, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Berner Symphonieorchester, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Serbian Radio-Television Orchestra, Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, Orchestre National d'Avignon... He also replaced at last minute Christian Zacharias in Chemnitz (Germany) with Mozart’s 24th Concerto under famous Austrian conductor Leopold Hager, in January 2018. Jean-Paul has given recitals at important festivals, among them : Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, Nohant Festival Chopin, Piano aux Jacobins, Flâneries de Reims, Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Festival de Saint-Denis, Festival Radio-France de Montpellier, Festival de Menton, Kissinger Sommer Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Armenia International Music Festival and has played in venues such as the Salzburg Mozarteum, Tonhalle Zürich, Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle, Leipzig's Gewandhaus, Bremen's Die Glocke, Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan, the Salle Flagey in Brussels, the Louis Vuitton Foundation and the Philharmonie de Paris. His Schumann Second Sonata Live in Nohant 2015 has been released together with Aldo Cicccolini’s last recital, as the first album of the Nohant Festival Archives. And Classica Magazine has ranked Jean-Paul among the 10 most promising young pianists of his generation.
Jean-Paul is supported by the Banque Populaire Foundation. He is a Steinway Artist.
Born in Paris in 1995, Jean-Paul Gasparian studied at Paris National Conservatoire with Olivier Gardon, Jacques Rouvier, Michel Beroff, Laurent Cabasso, Claire Désert and Michel Dalberto. Jean-Paul has been a member of international piano masterclasses with Elisso Virsaladze and Tatiana Zelikman, selected for the Verbier Academy 2014, and Prize Winner of the Salzburg Academy 2010. In 2018, he graduated from the Royal College of Music in London (Artist Diploma), with Prof. Vanessa Latarche. He is also an alumni of the Lieven Piano Foundation.
He is the winner of the Bremen European Competition 2014 and has been a laureate at many other competitions. He is also the piano Laureate of the Cziffra Foundation Prize 2015. He has obtained the 1st Philosophy Prize at the Concours Général des Lycéens de France (French national contest) in 2013. Jean-Paul Gasparian has played with Orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Bremer Philharmoniker, Robert-Schumann Philharmonie, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Berner Symphonieorchester, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Serbian Radio-Television Orchestra, Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, Orchestre National d'Avignon... He also replaced at last minute Christian Zacharias in Chemnitz (Germany) with Mozart’s 24th Concerto under famous Austrian conductor Leopold Hager, in January 2018. Jean-Paul has given recitals at important festivals, among them : Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, Nohant Festival Chopin, Piano aux Jacobins, Flâneries de Reims, Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Festival de Saint-Denis, Festival Radio-France de Montpellier, Festival de Menton, Kissinger Sommer Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Armenia International Music Festival and has played in venues such as the Salzburg Mozarteum, Tonhalle Zürich, Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle, Leipzig's Gewandhaus, Bremen's Die Glocke, Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan, the Salle Flagey in Brussels, the Louis Vuitton Foundation and the Philharmonie de Paris. His Schumann Second Sonata Live in Nohant 2015 has been released together with Aldo Cicccolini’s last recital, as the first album of the Nohant Festival Archives. And Classica Magazine has ranked Jean-Paul among the 10 most promising young pianists of his generation.
Jean-Paul is supported by the Banque Populaire Foundation. He is a Steinway Artist.
