Biography
Eva Gevorgyan took full, authoritative charge of the solo part. Her articulation had all of the point and specificity one could wish for. The marble patina of her sonority at all dynamic levels evoked memories of notable Russian luminaries like Emil Gilels and Bella Davidovich
— Gramophone
Yamaha Young Artist, Eva Gevorgyan, is a laureate in more than forty piano competitions, including top prizes at the 2018 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists and the 2019 Van Cliburn Young Artist Competition. More recently she has won the Prix du Bern in Switzerland in 2023, Discovery Award at the 2019 International Classical Music Awards, the Grand-Prix Prize at the Russia National Orchestra Competition in 2021, in addition to being finalist and winner of the Special Prize at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland.
She has performed as soloist with the Dallas Symphony, Lucerne Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russia National Philharmonic, Ontario Philharmoic, Russian National Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov Academic State Symphony, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Neue Philharmonie Hamburg Orchestra , Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, Liechtenstein Philharmonic, Armenia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Morrocan Philharmonic Orchestra, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, the Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra and many others.
She has also appeared in recital in such Festivals as Verbier (Switzerland), Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival (Poland), Brescia and Bergamo International Piano Festival (Italy), Ruhr Klavier Festival (Germany), White Nights Festival (Russia), Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany), BEMUS (Serbia), Montreal Bach Festival (Canada), Eilat Chamber Music Festival (Israel), Shanghai International Piano Festival (China), ArtDialog Festival (Switzerland), Osor Music Evenings (Croatia), The International Keyboard Odyssiad Festival (USA), Chopin Festival (Brazil), VP Bank Classic Festival (Switzerland) and in 2023 debuted at La Roque d’Antheron Festival (France), obtaining rave reviews.
Eva pursues studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory’s Central School of Music in Moscow with Natalia Trull and at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, under the guidance of Stanislav Ioudenitch. She has also been granted the prestigious scholarship at the 2020 Klavier-Festival Ruhr by Evgeny Kissin.
She has already performed at major concert venues including the Royal Albert Hall, KKL Lucerne, Gewandhaus, the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Hamburg's Laeiszhalle, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Asahi Hall in Tokyo, Teatro B32 in Brazil, Teatro Juarez in Mexico, Salle Bourgie in Montreal and Salle Cortot in Paris.
Her first CD under the Melodiya, featuring works by Chopin and Scriabin was released in 2022, receiving great acclaim.
Eva has appeared with such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Lawrence Foster, Stephane Deneve, Vladimir Spivakov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Andrzej Boreyko, Roberto Beltrán-Zavala, Vasily Petrenko, Alexander Liebreich, Eduard Topchjan, Marco Parisotto, Sergey Smbatyan, Cezar Alvarez, Roberto Tibiriça, Dimitris Botinis, Gerhardt Zimmermann, Fabio Mastrangelo, Wayne Marshall, Anatoly Levin, Yuri Medianik, Dmitry Jurowski, Georg Christoph Sandmann, Ivan Nikiforchin, Maximilian Haberstock, Ruth Reinhardt and others.
What gives a higher dimension to this sonata, in addition to the digital perfection of the performer and her percussive and spectacular playing, is the hard, almost ascetic voice that Gevorgyan is capable to project. Music is taken seriously and served with total commitment.