Areg Navasardyan

Armenian Violinist Areg Navasardyan was born on October 22, 1999.

Areg has achieved recognition in numerous international competitions. He won prizes at the Demidovski International Competition (2019), the HarmoniumOnlinePlus competition (2020), and the China-Spain International Competition (2021). He secured second prize in the New York International Artists Competition in 2014 (with no first prize awarded) and won first prize with the best performance award at the American Protégé International Competition in 2013.

Areg began his violin studies at the age of five under the guidance of Professor Gagik Smbatyan at the Yerevan Tchaikovsky Specialized School of Music. From 2015 to 2019, he studied with Professor Boris Kuschnir at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts. He completed his Bachelor's degree at the Vienna Private University of Music and Performing Arts (MUK) with Professor Pavel Vernikov. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the Musikhochschule Münster under Professor Koh Gabriel Kameda, supported by the prestigious DAAD scholarship.

Over the years, Areg has benefitted from masterclasses and private lessons with distinguished violinists such as Mihaela Martin, Shlomo Mintz, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, David Cerone, Zakhar Bron, Pinchas Zukerman, Gabor Takács-Nagy, and Victor Danchenko.

He has performed in various concerts and festivals across Armenia, Georgia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Hungary, and the United States, including at Carnegie Hall and in concerts organized by UNESCO.