500 Riverside Dr Apt 3G, New York NY, 10027
Instruments:Composition, Harpsichord, Piano
Styles:Classical
Levels:Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Experience:10 years
Rate:$70 / hr
Personal Statement
I have extensive experience in teaching private lessons as well as group piano classes. For the past 10 years, I have taught all levels starting from beginners and ending with advanced students completing degrees in piano performance at different Universities. Several of my private students have won prizes in state and national piano competitions and have had performances with orchestras.
For the past 2 years I have taught private piano and group lessons at University of Utah, Music Department.
I have also taught composition lessons for the past few years. My works have been performed in Europe and USA and I have also been actively involved in the field of composition. I completed my Bachelors degree in both piano performance and composition.
My background training is deeply rooted into the Russian piano school. Combined with my background and the education received in Europe (mostly through masterclasses), I have developed my own teaching style that is well rounded and covers all the important aspects of pianism and pedagogy.
For additional information about me as a musician please visit my official website at www.karenhakobyan.com
Lessons are taught in a studio located in Upper Manhattan or at student’s home
contact Mr. Hakobyan directly for lesson rates and additional information at:
website: www.karenhakobyan.com
Education / Training
– University of Utah – Masters of Music (M.M.)(teacher Dr. Susan Duehlmeier)
– Mannes College of Music – Professional Studies Diploma (P.S.D)(teacher-Dr. Arkady Aronov)
Distinguished for the musical color, brilliance and excitement of his performances, the talented Armenian pianist and composer Karen Hakobyan has been acclaimed for his individual style and depth of his interpretations. Hakobyan has received numerous awards, both for performance and composition. In 2006 Mr. Hakobyan won first prize in the MTNA state piano competition. In 2004 Mr. Hakobyan won first prize in the Four Corners Piano Competition, and The Fite Piano Competition. In 2003 he won first prize in the Pinault International Audiotape/Videotape Piano Competition, first prize in the Tourgee DeBose National Piano Competition, and first prize in the SummerArts Piano Competition. He has also been a top prize winner in the Armenian Legacy Pianists International Piano Competition and the International Festival of Creative Pianists.
Mr. Hakobyan has been a soloist with the Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Armenia’s “Serenade” Chamber Orchestra, Armenian National Chamber Orchestra, the University of Utah Philharmonia, the Salt Lake Symphony and New American Symphony. He has presented solo recitals in Armenia, the United States, Germany and France. His debut recital at Carnegie Hall in New York City on October 4, 2003 was very well received. Phillip Dieckow, concert pianist, New York reviewer, founder and director of the Dieckow School of Music in Hoboken, wrote in his review of Mr. Hakobyan’s performance: “It is very difficult for me to be objective with this pianist. I am seldom moved to tears by performances any longer and even more seldom so delighted with breath-taking playing that I feel like dancing. Both were evoked during this young man’s performance.”
Mr. Hakobyan regularly appears in prestigious festivals and concert series. Some of his festival performance highlights include: the “Lille International Piano(s) Festival” in France in 2005 where he was featured with internationally renowned artists such as Boris Berezovsky, Nicholas Angelich, Piotr Anderszewski, and Philippe Bianconi: “The Pianist as Composer” Festival at Mannes College of Music in 2008 and “The Mendelssohn Salon Yearlong Festival” in 2009 in New York City. He was also featured at “Keys to the Future” Contemporary Music Concert Series in 2009 in New York City. Mr. Hakobyan’s performances have been broadcasted on WQXR New York’s Classical Radio Station and on Armenian National Radio.
Hakobyan is a winner of the 2004 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Competition. His “Two Pieces for String Quartet” was awarded the Amadeus Diploma for Composition in 1998 during a competition held jointly by the Belgian Amadeus Association and the Armenian Musical Assembly. In the same year his work was included in the 12 best compositions at the Group Quest (USA) International Competition. In 2002 he was awarded the prestigious Robertson Scholarship in Composition at the University of Utah, primarily based on his Second Symphony, which was performed in Berlin in 2001 at the Young Euro-classic International Festival by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hakobyan has composed numerous works for symphony orchestra, chamber groups and soloists that have been performed in Europe and the United States, including Toccata for Solo Flute Op. 4 No. 2, Prelude and Fugue for Piano Op. 7, Piano Variations Op. 10 No. 1, Piano Sonata Op. 4 No. 1, Elegy for Violin and Piano Op. 5 No. 2, Trio for flute, clarinet and piano Op. 10 No. 2, Trio for cello, clarinet and piano Op. 12, Suite for solo violin Op. 11, Elegy for solo violin and symphonic orchestra Op. 5 No. 3, and Symphony No. 2 Op. 6.
Video
Babadjanian “Poem” – Karen Hakobyan, piano