Areg Navasardyan
V I O L I N I S T
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ABOUT AREG
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 University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. He completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) with Professor Pavel Vernikov, followed by his Master’s degree at the Musikhochschule Münster under Professor Koh Gabriel Kameda. He is currently pursuing a
Concert Exam at the Musikhochschule Münster, supported by the prestigious DAAD scholarship.
In 2026, Areg was selected for the Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz chamber music programme, joining its three year artist development programme following a successful audition.
Throughout his studies, Areg has benefited from masterclasses and private lessons with distinguished violinists such as James Ehnes, Pinchas Zukerman, Shlomo Mintz, Mihaela Martin, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Igor Pikayzen, Robin Wilson, Timothy Chooi, David Cerone, Zakhar Bron, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Christian Kim, Filip Pogady, Eszter Haffner and Victor Danchenko.
He has performed in concerts and festivals across Armenia, Georgia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Hungary, and the United States, including performances at Carnegie Hall and in concerts organized by UNESCO.
TEACHING
My teaching focuses on building a strong technical foundation that allows students to become independent musicians.
Whether you aspire to be a professional musician or just play the violin for fun (though the two are not always mutually exclusive), without a solid technical foundation, your progress will always be frustratingly slow. Most of the time, the problems come from an incorrect technical foundation and ineffective practice methods. My goal is to identify and correct these habits, helping students overcome these limitations and develop a better and more efficient way of playing.
I want to give my students the technical freedom and independence to express themselves musically and play the pieces they love without unnecessary physical or technical obstacles, and to pass on all the knowledge I’ve gained over the years.
