Maya Oganyan, born in 2005 in Moscow, began studying the piano at the age of four
with M° Alexander Maykapar, professor at the "Gnessin" Music Academy in
Moscow, who gave her a wide approach to music and art. With M° Maykapar she
conducted an intensive study of baroque pieces on historical instruments and italian
arias, which she performed in her first concert at 6 years old. In 2024 she graduates
the “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatory in Venice, where she studied under the
guidance of M° Massimo Somenzi and M° Olaf John Laneri, with top marks and
honorable mention.
Winner of more than 20 national and international competitions, among which the
"Schumann Prize 2023", also winning the Public Prize, the First Prize in the "Young
Female Talents of Music" Competition of Soroptimist International and at just 17
years old, as the youngest finalist and winner of the 2nd Prize in the history of the
competition, of the Jury Prize and Special Prize "for the best female talent", the
"Verona International Piano Competition", in which she participated as the youngest
candidate. In 2024 she is selected as “student in residence” in the Verbier Soloists
Academy of the 31st Verbier Festival, where she participates in concerts and attends
masterclasses from internationally celebrated musicians including Sir Andras Schiff,
Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Rena Shereshevskaya, Kirill Gerstein, Joaquin Achucarro. In
2025 she is selected as laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon.
She performs abroad and throughout Italy, she is regularly invited to renowned
festivals, among which we highlight the Unione Musicale of Turin, Società del
Quartetto of Milan, Trame Sonore Chamber Music Festival of Mantua, Cremona
International Music Festival, Icheon International Music Festival, Primavera
Chigiana, Patmos Chamber Music Festival.
As a soloist she performs with numerous orchestras, including the Fenice
Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Chamber Orchestra, the Padua and Veneto
Orchestra, the Arena di Verona Orchestra, the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the
“Virtuosi Italiani” Orchestra, the Millennium Symphony Orchestra.
An avid chamber musician, Maya studies since young age piano duo and then piano
trio at the Academy of Imola and now regularly collaborates in chamber ensembles
with leading musicians, including among others Alessandro Carbonare, Steven
Isserlis, Ian Bostridge, Sonig Tchakerian, Anush Nikogosyan, Silvia Careddu,
Christophe Coin, the Adorno Quartet.
In 2021, at 15 years old, she performs in one of her first concerts with orchestra
accompanied by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Maestro
Eduard Topchjan, in the Yerevan Opera Theatre, in the presence of M° Riccardo
Muti, which is then followed by many positive remarks from M° Muti himself.
The program is repeated at the Toniolo Theater in Mestre, at the Verdi Theater in
Florence and at the Verdi Theater in Pordenone. In 2023 she returns to play in
Yerevan performing Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos with pianist Eva Gevorgyan.
Maya is invited to play Mozart’s Concerto n. 23 with the Armenian Philharmonic
and in duo with the violinist Sonig Tchakerian, in the Paolina Chapel of the Quirinale
Palace in the presence of President Sergio Mattarella, President Armen Sarkissian and
the authorities.
Nowadays she continues her studies under the guidance of M° Roberto Prosseda at
the Prato Academy, with M° Enrico Pace and M° Benedetto Lupo at the Pinerolo
Academy and regularly attends the advanced specialization course with M° Lilya
Zilberstein at the Accademia Chigiana.