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The pianist Lilit Grigoryan has been celebrated by the press for her “beyond-her-years performance” (BBC Music Magazine) and as a “ray of light in a field of interchangeable pianism” (MDR-Kultur). She travels the world on concert tours and performs at renowned venues. These extend from the Berlin Concert Hall, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Philharmonie Essen, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, BOZAR in Brussels, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, to the Steinway Halls in New York, London, and Hamburg. Lilit performs as a soloist with numerous orchestras and as a guest at many renowned festivals. Furthermore, Lilit is passionate about chamber music and works with artists such as Maria João Pires, Viviane Hagner, Claudio Bohorquez, Valeriy Sokolov, and Karolina Errera.

Her debut CD was released by DiscAuverS in 2012. Two highly praised chamber music recordings followed in 2017 and 2018. The label Orchid released Lilit’s “Variations sérieuses” in November 2018 with works by Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bizet, and Szymanowski. This recording was received enthusiastically by the international music press. Lilit’s new recording with the cycle “Música callada” by Frederic Mompou was released in October 2021 (Orchid). In addition to numerous excellent reviews, the CD was named one of the best recordings of 2021 by Apple Music. A further chamber music recording with the violist Karolina Errera was released in June 2022 under the label Genuin. Lilit counts Arkuhi Harutyunyan, Sergei Sarajyan and later Matthias Kirschnereit at the Rostock University of Music and Drama and Maria João Pires among her most influential teachers. Her collaboration with Maria João continues to be intensive and inspiring. Lilit received the prestigious Culture Prize from the Armenian President in 2008. Lilit has been a Yamaha Artist since March 2023. Lilit Grigoryan is lecturer and an artistic member of staff at hmt Rostock and the Young Academy Rostock.