"Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative" -Robert Fripp
UPCOMING:
- March 26, 2010 - Chamber music with Dennis Shafer and ensemble. Cambridge, MA
- March 31, 2010 - The Beehive with MUSANER
- May 18-20,2010 - Milano, Italy with with MUSANER
- May 21-22,2010 - Zurich, Switzerland with with MUSANER
PAST :
- February 4, 2010(9pm) - At Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA - with AGACHIKO
- December 4, 2009(9:30pm) - Acton Jazz Cafe with MUSANER
- November 8, 2009(4:30pm) - The LilyPad, Cambridge, MA - with Yulia Musayelyan - An afternoon of duos and trio
- October 18, 2009(2pm) - Museum of our Natural Heritage, Lexington, MA
- October 9, 2009(8pm) - Arsenal Center for the Arts with NATRAJ, MUSANER and GRAND FATILLA
- September 23, 2009(9pm) - Ryles Jazz Club with MUSANER
- September 18, 2009(8:00)- with Dennis Shafer at The Outpost 186-1/2 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA
- September 11, 2009(7:30)- with AGACHIKO
- August 8, 2009(10pm) - The Beehive with MUSANER
- July 25, 2009(8pm) - Amazing Things Arts Center with MUSANER
- July 16, 2009(8pm) - The Beehive with MUSANER
- May 31, 2009 (7pm) - At LilyPad, Cambridge,MA with MUSANER
- May 21-28 - Yerevan, Armenia - with Agnieszka Dziubak, cello and Karen Shahgaldyan, violin
- May 16-20 - Berlin, Germany - with Agnieszka Dziubak, cello
- May 6, 2009 (8:00 pm) - At New England Conservatory, St. Botolph Hall (241 St. Botolph Street) with Alexander Vavilov, viola.
- May 1, 2009 (8:00 pm) - At ALMA, Watertown, MA withMUSANER
- April 30, 2009 (7pm) - At LilyPad, Cambridge,MA with MUSANER
- April 29, 2009 (8pm) - At The Lizard Lounge with Agachiko.
- March 20, 2009 3pm - The Palimpsest Ensemble - Philips Andover Academy, Andover, MA
- February 27 2008 8pm - The Palimpsest Ensemble, Pforzheimer House, Harvard University
- February 4, 2009 - Ryles Jazz Club with MUSANER
- December 5 - 24 Yerevan, Armenia
- November 29- December 4 - Berlin, Germany
- November 15, 2008 - The Signet Society, Harvard University - Music by David Van Vactor
- November 14, 2008 - Armenian Library & Museum of America with MUSANER
- November 9, 2008 (3:00pm) - Chamber music concert - Holy Trinity Church, 145 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
With Biliana Voutchkova, Junko Simons, Alexander Vavilov, Harris Shalikowsky, Todd Brunel
Music by Mansuryan, Khachaturian, Sarkissian.
- November 8, 2008 (8:00pm) - Chamber music concert with Junko Simons & Biliana Voutchkova
Philips Academy -Andover, MA.
Music by Silvestrov, Mansuryan, Sarkissian, and others .
- November 7, 2008 (8:30pm) - With Ken Field at The Outpost 186-1/2 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA
- Sept. 19 - THE VORTEX SERIES with Emile Tobenfeld - video art, John Mulrooney - spoken Word
The Outpost 186-1/2 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA
- September 6, 2008 (8pm) - Arsenal Center for The Arts, with MUSANER, also featuring the Yulia Musayelyan Quartet
- August 22, 2008 - Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. With MUSANER
- August 19, 2008 - with Agachiko
- July 15-28 - Marlboro, Vermont
- July 8, 2008 - with Agachiko
- July 13, 2008 Boston - Private event
- June 14 - New Jersey - Private Event
- June 1-10 Berlin, Germany
- May 19, 8pm - The Palimpsest Ensemble, Pforzheimer House, Harvard University
- May 1 - Boston Opera Company's "Dialogue in Dorchester"
- April 20, 2008 - Private Event, Manhattan, NY
- April 19, 2008 - Toast(The Nog), Somerville, MA with Agachiko
- April 12, 2008 - Private event - Providence, R.I.
- April 13, 2008 - 6PM Cambridge, MA - Benefit concert with Agachiko
- March 26, 2008 - Ryles jazz club with MUSANER
- March 16, 2008 - Chamber music at ALMA.
Music by Khachaturian, Finzi, Mozart, Messiaen, Sarkissian.
- March 5, 2008 - The Palimpsest Ensemble, Pforzheimer House, Harvard University
- Feb. 16, 2008 - Toast(The Nog), Somerville, MA with AGACHIKO
- Jan. 13, 2008
with AGACHIKO - Toast, Somerville
- Dec. 14, 2007
with AGACHIKO - Sally O'Brien's, Somerville
- Nov. 2-30 - Armenia
- Oct. 19, 2007
Inaugural concert of Musaner,
Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown
- Sept. 19, 2007, 8:00 pm
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge - Agachiko:Music Inspired by Nina Simone
- Sept. 09, 2007 Cambridge, Ontario
Private Event
- 06/07/2007
International Woodwind Festival, The Boston Conservatory
- 05/13/2007
Levinson Recital Hall, Brooklyn College, New York
- 05/04/2007
Palimpsest Ensemble
Pforzheimer House, Harvard University
- 05/03/2007
Ara Sarkissian Quintet - As part of ARTS FIRST
Quincy House, Harvard University.
- Sept/Oct 2006
Concert series as pianist for Arthur Meschian
Yerevan, Vanadzor, Gyumri - Armenia
- 04/29/2006
Pforzheimer House, Harvard University
Concert with Todd Brunel, clarinet
- 04/08/2006: Musica Eclectica presents: Alta Voz, Latin American composers alliance, featuring the Black Dust Ensemble
- 09/25/05: Central Square Worlds Fair, featuring The New England Skyscraper Project, conducted by Butch Morris.
- 09/23/05: New England Skyscraper Project, conducted by Butch Morris. Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
- 05/07/2005
Paine Hall, Harvard University
Harvard Piano Society Concert
- 05/07/2005
Pforzheimer House, Harvard University
Solo piano concert
- 12/27/2004
Zeitgeist Gallery - Cambridge, MA
"Ara Sarkissian's Exultations", opening for The Fringe
- 05/15/2004
Zeitgeist Gallery - Cambridge, MA
Solo Piano Improvisations Concert
- 10/25/2003
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
Solo piano performance in NEC's Centennial Celebrations Concert Series
- 05/06/2003
Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory
A Concert of recent compositions