Levon Avagyan was born in 1990 in Yerevan (Armenia) and studied at the State Conservatory with Prof. Vagharshak Harutyunyan. Since 2010 he is a student at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz with Prof. Dr. Milana Chernyavska.
Due to his exceptional talent, Levon Avagyan has also had the privilege of being a scholarship holder at the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein since 2011. He regularly participates in the intensive weeks there, gets the opportunity to perform in academy concerts and is supported in his projects.
The young pianist can already look back on numerous competition successes. He is a laureate of the “International Competition for Young Pianists” in Greece (2005), the national competition for young pianists “Arno Babajanyan” in Yerevan (2006), the international competition ,,Jeunes Talents” in France (2011) and the international “Komitas Competition” in Berlin (2013), among others. In 2012 he won the 1st prize at the “Martha Debelli Competition” in Graz. In April 2017 he was awarded 1st prize at the international music competition “Maria Canals” in Barcelona.
Levon Avagyan combines his exuberant temperament with great passion and joy of playing, but also manages to completely sink into the music and thus captivate the audience. Despite his young age, Levon Avagyan can already draw on a large and diversified repertoire. This includes major works from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, as well as some highly virtuosic arrangements by György Cziffra, which are largely considered almost “unplayable.” In October 2013 he gave a successful piano recital at the famous “Kissinger KlavierOlymp”.
Levon Avagyan also made guest appearances at various renowned festivals such as the Komitas Festival in Germany and the FESTIVAL NEXT GENERATION Bad Ragaz in Switzerland. In January 2014, the young pianist won the “Yamaha Prize” and became a scholarship holder of the YMFE Foundation. Levon Avagyan was also a scholarship holder of the prestigious Spivakov Foundation in Moscow and the “New Names” Foundation in Yerevan (Armenia).