Anahit Chaushyan

Anahit was born into the fourth generation in a family of professional musicians and started musical training from the age of six. After completing her studies in Armenia she had given numerous recitals there; many of her early performances included compositions by contemporary Armenian composers. Anahit has graduated from Yerevan State Conservatory under Prof. Villi Sargsyan, from the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles under Evgeni Mogilevski and from Royal Academy of Music (Dip RAM) in London under Pascal Nemirovski. She is a recipient of the Diploma D’Onore at the Accademia Chigianain Siena. Anahit is a laureate of the International Emmanuel Durlet Paino Competition in Antwerp, Belgium. Her studies were complemented by master classes from the likes of Paul Badura-Skoda, Michele Campanella, Lazar Berman, Lev Naumov and Stephen Hough. In London she held recitals and chamber music performances at the WigmoreHall, the Royal Festival Hall and the St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Anahit has also performed at the Santori Hall in Tokyo, the Grande Salle du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and the Gavot Hall in Paris. Anahit has made numerous concert appearances with the London Soloists Orchestra, the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with recitals and chamber music concerts on the Farley Music Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Blackthorpe Barn Festival, Newbury Festival and others. She is the founder of Fugata Quintet, UK. She has also adjudicated at various international piano competitions.

Source: Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra