“My task as an interpreter begins where one believes everything has already been discovered. With the great composers, the unsaid is often more important than the long familiar.”
— ZHORA SARGSYAN
BIOGRAPHY
A Voice Shaped by Many Worlds
Born in Yerevan, based in Berlin. His 3rd Grand Prix at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris, before a jury led by Martha Argerich, brought him international recognition. Since then, Zhora Sargsyan has performed in the great halls of Europe and Asia – from the Concertgebouw Amsterdam to the Elbphilharmonie – and has worked with orchestras such as the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France. Deutschlandfunk Kultur praised the performance, writing: “Power and elegance, a sense of form and a feel for sound, brilliance and cantilena — this pianist has it all.”
FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Zhora Sargsyan at Long-Thibaud-Crespin 2019 - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 - 3rd Grand Prix
SUMMER 2026
Masterclass with Zhora
Each summer, Zhora Sargsyan teaches at the Harleshauser Musikfest & Akademie in Kassel — an international gathering of advanced pianists from around the world. Open to young professionals, the masterclass offers intensive work on repertoire, interpretation, and the deeper questions of musical voice. Applications are handled by the festival.
What the press has said
An Armenian pianist with a supple, cat-like touch: Zhora Sargsyan, full of poetry and sensitivity, entirely in the style of the old masters, with a relaxed muscular posture, without the slightest hint of harshness (Ravel!), yet without losing any of his verve when playing Rachmaninoff (Piano Concerto No. 1).
— LE FIGARO · Christian Merlin · 19 Nov 2019
“Power and elegance, a sense of form and a feel for sound, brilliance and cantilena — this pianist has it all.“
— DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR · 15 April 2021
"One of the most compelling pianists of his generation — technically formidable and deeply, unfailingly musical."
— H.N.A. · Georg Pepl · 28 July 2025
Let’s work together
Zhora performs a select number of engagements each season — concerts, festivals, residencies, private events. Every collaboration is shaped personally, in dialogue with the presenter, and tailored to the moment it serves.