The Program

Bach:  Partita in C Minor, BWV 826
Schumann:  Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Medtner:  Sonata "Reminiscenza" in A Minor
Rachmaninov:  Etudes tableaux, Op. 39 [Selections]

The Artists

Born in 1989 in Armenia, Nareh Arghamanyan began her piano studies at the age of five. In 2004 she was the youngest student to be admitted to the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she studied with Heinz Medjimorec. Winner of the 2008 Montreal International Music Competition, she made her New York debut at the Frick collection during the 2010-11 season as well as at San Francisco Performances, resulting in a re-invitation to their "Young Master Series" in 2011.  Most recently, the Analekta label released her recording of the Rachmaninov 2nd Sonata and Liszt B Minor Sonata to great acclaim. Arghamanyan has attended music festivals such as Marlboro and Tanglewood and continues her studies today with Arie Vardi in Hannover, Germany. For more information on Nareh Arghamanyan, visit www.arghamanyan.com.