Ani Ter-Martirosyan’s play is characterized by special emotionality and passion. She is held in high esteem by critics above all for her feather-light virtuosity (Neue ZQrcher Zeitung) and her poetic, sensitive sound.
As a sought-after concert pianist, Ani Ter-Martirosyan is in concert halls such as the Cologne Philharmonic, the Essen Philharmonic, the WDR 3 television studio, the Robert Schuman Hall in DCisseldorf, the Aachen Theater, the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal or the Teatro Quirino and the Galeria Borghese Rome and the Villa Medici Giulini in Milan.
During her studies, the young pianist won and was awarded at several international competitions and took part in well-known festivals such as the International Osimo Competition in Italy, the Concours Ile-de-France, the Bachelor Awards Competition in Germany, International LiedDuo Competition Groningen, Maurice Ravel Competition in Paris, the Swiss Engadin Festival, Piano Festival Ruhr, Beethovenfest Bonn and Schumannfest in Dusseldorf in Germany as well as Zeist Liedfestival in the Netherlands and Oxford International Song Festival 2024.
After she qualified for the Best of NRW concert series, she performed in several concert halls throughout northrhine westphalia together with the cellist Sam Lucas.
Ani Ter-Martirosyan received scholarships from various well-known foundations, including the Wagner Foundation, the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, the Werner Richard – Dr. Carl Dorken Foundation, the Germany Scholarship and the Gulbenkian Foundation.
Of particular importance on her artistic path has been the one-year collaboration with the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia di Roma, where she was given the unique opportunity to play historical instruments such as the harpsichord and fortepiano.
In addition to her work as a soloist, Ani Ter-Martirosyan also performs as a versatile chamber musician and song pianist. She performs on stage with various chamber music partners and singers with a wide variety of repertoires from contemporary music to romantic art songs throughout Germany and internationally.
Ani Ter-Martirosyan is also a representative musician of the Schumann Society in the context of the composer Clara Schumann-Wieck. Her artistic commitment to the society was recognized through a sponsorship of one of Clara Schumann’s surviving letters.
Following the release of her first solo album she recorded her second CD Die schone Magelone at the german label GENUINtogether with bass-baritone Tomas Kildisius which was internationally critically acclaimed by reviewers such as musicwebintemational.com („Ani Ter-Martirosyan is a supreme accompanist with a command of this repertoire. She not only supports Kildisius, but is an equal partner in telling the story.”) or pizzicato magazine („Ani Ter-Martirosyan accompanies the Magelone story with wonderfully complex and very colorful piano playing.”).
Born in Armenia, she began taking piano lessons at the age of six and later found her way to the organ. She was accepted at the State Conservatory in Yerevan and received her training there from Anna and Sergej Saradjan.
Later she studied piano at the Cologne University of Music and Dance with Pavel Gililov and Jacob Leuschner. She attended the class of Barbara Szczepanska at the Robert Schumann Musikhochschule in Dusseldorf.
Finally, she deepened her studies again at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne in the subject of song interpretation with Ulrich Eisenlohr and chamber music with Antony Spiri. As part of numerous master classes, she worked with important musicians such as Ferenc Rados, Dmitry Bashkirow, Jacques Rouvier, Claudio Martmez Mehner and Hisako Kawamura, all of whom had an immense influence on her artistic development.
