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Dr. Sarkis Baltaian

Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory – Pianist Program, Strings & Orchestra Program

Dr. Sarkis Baltaian has gained an international reputation as a concert pianist, chamber musician, recording artist, and pedagogue. He has been praised by critics for his “beautiful tone and ability to project even the most delicate pianissimos,” and compared to George Gershwin and Oscar Levant for his performance of Gershwin’s Concerto in F. Dr. Baltaian made his Carnegie Hall Debut in 1999 and has performed extensively both as a recitalist and concerto soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Under his dedicated teaching, Dr. Baltaian’s students have won national and international competitions and have matriculated to prestigious institutions such as the Eastman School; Peabody Conservatory; New England Conservatory; Manhattan School of Music; Oberlin Conservatory; Cleveland Institute of Music; USC; Rice University; Cornell University; Pomona College; University of Colorado at Boulder; and the University of California at Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Santa Barbara.

Dr. Baltaian has held full-time professor positions at the Colburn Conservatory of Music and The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He currently serves on the piano faculty of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and also maintains a private studio in Orange County and Los Angeles.