Tanya Gabrielian

Lauded by the Washington Post for her “strikingly poised nobility” and “commanding presence”, pianist Tanya Gabrielian has captivated audience worldwide with her gripping performances. Gabrielian shot onto the international stage at the age of twenty with back-to-back victories in the Aram Khachaturyan International Piano Competition and the Scottish International Piano Competition. Since then, she has performed on four continents in acclaimed venues, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Sydney Opera House, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, and the Salle Cortot in Paris, and with such orchestras as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National orchestra, New London Sinfonia, and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Gabrielian received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, where she received the prize for the best final recital for six consecutive years. She then completed her studies at The Juilliard School as the only candidate accepted for the prestigious Artist Diploma, an extraordinarily selective post-graduate residency program. She currently resides in New York City.


CRITICAL ACCLAIM

“A pianist of powerful physical and imaginative muscle.”
—London Times

“The straightforwardness of her approach seemed to come from a sense of trust in and identity with the music. There was a raptness in her performance which made it stand out from everything else – heavy music that had been fully absorbed and which she recreated with subtlety.”
—Irish Times

“In Tanya Gabrielian I find someone that reminds me of Argerich. She has the sensitivity to caress the beautiful melodic phrases and the power to bring off mammoth climaxes...Tanya Gabrielian is someone to watch.”
—American Record Guide

“Gabrielian’s lively intelligence and facility of playing delighted and proved provoking in equal measure…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.”
—Seen and Heard International

“Of all her remarkable qualities, the one that remains most prominent in the mind is Tanya Gabrielian’s concentration – not least because she appears to sustain herself throughout the duration of the performance in a singular state of determined expressiveness. Her steady focus and penetrative concentration makes it seem as if we are not simply listening to the notes she so deftly fingers, but actually watching the phrases take shape in her head. Her range of expression is extensive and she can convey with equal aptitude comedy, pathos and severity. Gabrielian makes the piano appear obdurate – we imagine the enormous power and potential of the instrument which it feigns not to offer readily to any mere pianist, but she has total command and we are convinced that it would only make those sounds for her.”
—Glasgow Herald

“Gabrielian’s performance was revelatory, a feast of romantic pianism which held us enthralled.”
—Musical Pointers

“On stage, [Gabrielian] is a presence, a force to be reckoned with, and this was plainly obvious before she even played a note, and when she started to play, the impression of total control and mastery was even more apparent...This was a performance I never wanted to end.”
—Peninsula Reviews

“There was nothing unremarkable about the next work on the program, and especially the soloist. Tanya Gabrielian’s performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 [with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra] was worth the admission money alone.”
—Dundee Courier