Faculty Recital: Pavel Nersessian, Piano

Pavel Nersessian is widely regarded by musicians, critics and listeners as one of the most refined and inwardly powerful pianists of his generation. He has been touring Russia and neighboring countries since the age of eight and has performed in many of the world’s major cultural centers, including London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Cannes, Leipzig, Vienna, Budapest, Madrid, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Dublin, Munich, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Belgrade, Cairo, Kiev, Beijing, Shanghai, and numerous other cities.

A graduate of the Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Nersessian later continued his education under Professor Sergei Dorensky. He graduated in 1987 with the highest honors and was immediately invited to join the Conservatory faculty. For more than three decades, he assisted Professor Dorensky and worked closely with an extraordinary circle of students, including Nikolai Lugansky, Denis Matsuev, Olga Kern, Alexander Shtarkman, Pavel Kolesnikov. He worked with Alexander Malofeev, Zlata Chochieva, Alexander Kliuchko and many others.

Nersessian has won prizes at major international competitions, including the Beethoven Competition in Vienna, the Paloma O’Shea Competition in Santander, the Tokyo Competition, and the Dublin International Piano Competition, where he received First Prize in 1991.