Hayk Melikyan

• Name — Hayk Melikyan • Born — 29 November 1980 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR • Occupation — Pianist • Instrument — Piano • Genre — Classical

Melikyan was born in Yerevan. He is the grandson of renowned poet, translator and publicist Sokrat Khanyan. He started playing piano when he was six with Irina Grishinskaya. Later he continued his professional studies with Professor Alexander Gurgenov at the Yerevan Komitas Conservatory, where he also studied composition with Vartan Adjemian. Hayk Melikyan’s international concert début took place at the Concerto di Concerti International Festival of the 20th Century Music in Rome in 2000. Melikyan regularly performs on prestigious stages of the world including Gulbenkian Grand Auditorium (Lisbon), Victoria Hall (Geneva), Megaron (Athens), etc. In 2009, Hayk Melikyan initiated a series of concerts called 1900+, dedicated to 20th-century and contemporary world piano music. In 2020, Hayk Melikyan launched a new initiative named 2000+, which aims to propagate the music of exclusively our time. Melikyan’s compositional catalogue includes solo piano, chamber, vocal, and symphonic works, alongside piano transcriptions, concert paraphrases, and arrangements. His music is published by BabelScores.

• Barry Brenesal (Fanfare Magazine): Hayk Melikyan has power and agility to spare, with plenty of attention to inner voicings. He is never at a loss for style or direction in any of this music, which is pretty impressive when you consider that it really represents two very different styles. • Maureen Buja (Interlude.hk): Melikyan, in his performance, adds elements of free improvisation, expressing in a unique way everything that Bach brought to music. • BBC Music Magazine: Hayk Melikyan is a Musical Hero for his promotion of contemporary music.

• Official Website • Hayk Melikyan at the Armenian National Music website • NAXOS E-Card * • Hayk Melikyan on BabelScores • Hayk Melikyan on Azure Sky Records • Hayk Melikyan on Spotify