A student of Maria-João Pires, pianist Lilit Grigoryan has gained recognition for her strong, assertive playing in her native Armenia, in her adopted home of Germany, and across Europe. She has made several recordings for the Orchid Classics label, among others.
Grigoryan was born in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on June 24, 1985. She took up the piano at age seven, studying with Arkuhi Harutyunyan. Grigoryan attended the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan and went on to the Rostock University of Music and Drama, where she studied with Matthias Kirschnereit and graduated...