Gevorg Sargsyan

Who is Gevorg Sargsyan?

Gevorg Sargsyan is an Armenian conductor.

Winner of Sir Georg Solti Foundation grant-award for 2006, Gevorg Sargsyan is one of the youngest and most renowned Armenian conductors.

Born in Yerevan, Armenia he made his first steps as a musician as a cellist. In 1999, Gevorg Sargsyan, as an exceptional case, was admitted to the Orchestral Conducting Department of Yerevan Komitas State Musical Conservatory.

Aged 18, on his first year of studying Sargsyan proved to be an advanced student and was selected by the Yerevan State Conservatory to fill the position of music director and conductor of Conservatory's Symphony Orchestra. In 2002-2003 Gevorg continued his studies at the Konservatorium Wien with prof. Maximillian Cencic. He later participated on conducting Master course with Prof. Dominique Rouits in Italy.

Since 2002, Maestro Sargsyan is an honorary conductor of Yerevan Youth Chamber Orchestra. He has a close collaboration with the ensemble "AUS-5", premiering mainly contemporary music. In 2005, maestro Sargsyan got a position of assistant director and conductor of the Armenian National Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre.