Anoush Tchakarian
Piano Instructor, Performer, Accompanist
We are pleased to announce that Anoush Tchakarian has joined our music school teaching Elite Artistry lessons on piano in our Mt. Lebanon location.
Anoush Tchakarian started playing piano at the age of four
and at the age of five she was accepted in the first of its kind class for
gifted children at the Music High School “Lubomir Pipkov” in her native city of
Sofia, Bulgaria. Her first solo recital took place in 1987.
and at the age of five she was accepted in the first of its kind class for
gifted children at the Music High School “Lubomir Pipkov” in her native city of
Sofia, Bulgaria. Her first solo recital took place in 1987.
In 1997 Anoush
graduated the school with excellent Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy
Diplomas in the piano class of Vera Mitcheva. Afterward she successfully took
her exceptional Piano Performance Bachelor Degree at the National Music
Conservatory “P. Vladigerov” in Sofia, in the piano class of Prof. Marina
Kapatsinskaya and in the chamber music class of Prof. Dimitar Kozev. During
these years, Anoush participated in several national and international festivals
in Bulgaria, England, and Finland as soloist as well as with different chamber
music ensembles. She also participated in many national and international
master classes coached by outstanding pianists such as Prof. Boris Bloch, Prof.
Marco Tezza, and Prof. Bruce Voght.
graduated the school with excellent Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy
Diplomas in the piano class of Vera Mitcheva. Afterward she successfully took
her exceptional Piano Performance Bachelor Degree at the National Music
Conservatory “P. Vladigerov” in Sofia, in the piano class of Prof. Marina
Kapatsinskaya and in the chamber music class of Prof. Dimitar Kozev. During
these years, Anoush participated in several national and international festivals
in Bulgaria, England, and Finland as soloist as well as with different chamber
music ensembles. She also participated in many national and international
master classes coached by outstanding pianists such as Prof. Boris Bloch, Prof.
Marco Tezza, and Prof. Bruce Voght.
Anoush is a laureate from various national
competitions with Second Prize from the National Competition for German and
Austrian Music, and winner of the Special Prize of His Excellency the German
Ambassador in Bulgaria. She was a soloist of the National Music Conservatory
Orchestra in 2001 in Sofia, and soloist of the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra in
Pittsburgh in 2004 as the winner of the Concerto Competition. Anoush performed
numerous solo recitals and charity concerts with a vast piano and harpsichord
repertoire. She has great experience as a collaborative pianist and
participated in different chamber music ensembles. She has made various recordings
for the Bulgarian National Radio, the Bulgarian National Television, and WQED
Multimedia, Pittsburgh, PA.
competitions with Second Prize from the National Competition for German and
Austrian Music, and winner of the Special Prize of His Excellency the German
Ambassador in Bulgaria. She was a soloist of the National Music Conservatory
Orchestra in 2001 in Sofia, and soloist of the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra in
Pittsburgh in 2004 as the winner of the Concerto Competition. Anoush performed
numerous solo recitals and charity concerts with a vast piano and harpsichord
repertoire. She has great experience as a collaborative pianist and
participated in different chamber music ensembles. She has made various recordings
for the Bulgarian National Radio, the Bulgarian National Television, and WQED
Multimedia, Pittsburgh, PA.
In February of 2006 Anoush won the Western
Pennsylvania Steinway Society Piano Competition.
Pennsylvania Steinway Society Piano Competition.
She is also a member of the
National Music Honor Society Pi Kappa Lambda, and the Women’s Advisory Board at
Duquesne University. In 2013, Anoush won Award of Excellence for her
performance of Ravel’s Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit in the Global Music
Awards Competition, La Jolla, California.
National Music Honor Society Pi Kappa Lambda, and the Women’s Advisory Board at
Duquesne University. In 2013, Anoush won Award of Excellence for her
performance of Ravel’s Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit in the Global Music
Awards Competition, La Jolla, California.
Currently she is an adjunct professor of piano in the Mary
Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University, and piano faculty in City Music
Center.
Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University, and piano faculty in City Music
Center.
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