Karine Gilanyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1981 into a family of musicians. From her very childhood she showed her outstanding creative abilities in music, painting and literature. In 1987 she entered the Tchaikovsky School for Gifted Children, studying piano with N.Aharonyan, and following graduation in 1998 entered the Komitas Yerevan State Conservatory, studying piano with dean of piano faculty, Prof. Igor Yavryan; she graduated in 2003 with honour and then pursued post-graduate work with Prof. Yavryan, receiving the title of "Doctor of Art" in 2005. Karine has supplemented her institutional training with Prof. Volker Banfield, Prof. Matthias Weber, and chamber music master-courses given by Prof. Maria Egelhof and Prof. Gustav Rivinius. She is currently studying with American pianist James Tocco at the Musik Hoschschule in Lübeck, Germany.


In 1995 K. Gilanyan was awarded a diploma of Competition of young performers “Amadeus”.

Karine has performed as a soloist and with chamber ensembles in Armenia as well as in Italy, Germany and Hungary - at times even introducing chamber works within the context of her solo recitals. In April 2005 she performed a Concert for piano and winds of Stravinsky with Armenian Philarmonic orchestra (conductor: Ruben Asatryan) at the International Modern Music Festival in Yerevan, organized by the Union of Composers of Armenia. In addition, she has premiered in Armenia several piano works of Ligeti and Schnittke. Her repertory is quite large, and her obvious technical skills allow her to be equally at home with Classical, Romantic and modern works.


Contact informaion:

E-mail: gilanian@yahoo.co.uk