Jean-Paul Gasparian

“Jean-Paul Gasparian hits the right note, never sparingly, but never overdoing it either. It is a squaring of the circle of musical perfection and artistic imagination that come together in this significant interpretation.”

At a young age Jean-Paul Gasparian already brings a wide-ranging repertoire to the stage, including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Babadjanian, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Gershwin. Gasparian performs with orchestras such as the Bremer Philharmoniker, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Orchestre de l ‘Opéra de Rouen, Orchestre de Normandie and Valencia Symphonic Orchestra. In 2022 Gasparian debuted with the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France under Ilyich Rivas at the Paris Philharmonie playing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. The young Frenchman is also interested in more unusual repertoire: he has performed Howard Shore’s (known for The Lord of the Rings) Ruin and Memory with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, as well as Scriabin’s Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra.

Gasparian has appeared at major festivals including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, La Roque d’Anthéron, Nohant Festival Chopin, Montpellier Festival, Piano aux Jacobins Toulouse, Festival Chopin de Bagatelle, Lisztomanias and Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo. In 2020, he played selected Beethoven sonatas for Radio France as part of the Festival Intégrales des Sonates de Beethoven. Gasparian has performed in venues such as the Salzburg Mozarteum, Tonhalle Zurich, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Glocke Bremen, Belgrade Kolarac, the Museum of Modern Art in Tel-Aviv, the Louis Vuitton Foundation, the Maison de la Radio, the Salle Cortot and the Salle Gaveau in Paris.

Classica magazine ranks him as one of the 10 most promising young pianists of his generation. The young Frenchman already attracted attention with his debut CD with a Russian program featuring Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Prokofiev, which was released by Évidence Classics in February 2018, making both audiences and the press sit up and take notice. With both his second solo album with works by Chopin and his third album with works by Rachmaninov, Gasparian once again proved that he is a musical talent to keep an eye on. Gasparian dedicated his first album for the naïve label to Debussy. His second album for naïve, released in August 2024, reflects his own cultural heritage: with Origins he presents solo piano works by the Armenian composers Babadjanian, Katchaturian and Komitas.

In 2019, he won the Prix Therry Scherz at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad. This prize enabled him to record Babadjanian’s Heroic Ballad and Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Bern Symphony Orchestra, released by claves in spring 2022.The recording received excellent reviews from the press.

Jean-Paul Gasparian is a prizewinner of the European Piano Competition Bremen 2014, the International Piano Competition in Lyon 2013 and the Hastings International Concerto Competition 2013. He was a semi-finalist at the Geza Anda Competition in 2015 and a finalist at Victoires de la Musique France in 2020. In 2013, he also received the 1st Philosophy Prize of the Concours Général des Lycéens de France (French National Competition).

Gasparian studied at the Conservatoire National de Paris under Olivier Gardon, Jacques Rouvier, Michel Beroff, Laurent Cabasso, Claire Désert and Michel Dalberto. He took part in international masterclasses with Pavel Gililov, Elisso Virsaladze and Tatiana Zelikman. In June 2018, he completed his Artist Diploma with Prof. Vanessa Latarche at the Royal College of Music in London.

Gasparian has been artist-in-residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation since 2020. He is also supported by the Safran Foundation for Music and is a Steinway Artist.

Season 2024/2025 | Photo: Bernard Martinez | Quote: Bremen2, Wilfried Schäper, August 11th 2024
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A. Babadjanian
Heroic Ballad

J. S. Bach
Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056

Beethoven
Concerto No. 1 in C major op. 15
Concerto No. 3 in C minor op. 37
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major op. 73

Brahms
Concerto No. 1 in D minor op. 15

Chopin
Concerto No. 1 in E minor op. 11
Concerto No. 2 in F minor op. 21

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Grieg
Concerto in A minor op. 16

A. Khachaturian
Concerto in D-flat major op. 38

Liszt
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major S. 124
Concerto No. 2 in A major S. 125
Wanderer-Fantasy, after Schubert

F. Mendelssohn
Concerto No. 1 in G minor op. 25

Mozart
Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major K 449
Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Concerto No. 24 in C minor K491
Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503

Prokofiev
Concerto No. 3 in C major op. 26

Rachmaninov
Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor op. 1
Concerto No. 2 in C minor op. 18
Concerto No. 3 in D minor op. 30
Rhapsodie on a theme by Paganini

Ravel
Concerto in G major
Concerto for the left hand in D major

Saint-Saens
Concerto No. 2 in G minor op. 22

Scriabin
Concerto in F-sharp minor op. 20

H. Shore
Ruin and Memory

Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor op. 23

Origins
Babadjanian: Prelude
Babadjanian: Dance of Vagharshapat
Babadjanian: Impromptu
Babadjanian: Capriccio
Babadjanian: Polyphonic Sonata
Babadjanian: Elegy (on a song by Sayat-Nova)
Gérard Gasparian: Ballade (on a song by Sayat-Nova)
Gérard Gasparian: Poème (on a song by Sayat-Nova)
Khatchaturian: Toccata, op. 11 in B-flat minor
Khatchaturian: Spartacus, Act II Scene 7: No. 34, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Version for piano solo by Emin L. Khatchaturian)
Komitas: 6 Dances (Yerangi – Unabi – Marali – Shushiki)
naïve V8444 (2023)

Debussy
Préludes, Book 1 L. 117
Estampes, L. 100
Rondes de Printemps, L. 122
naïve B0BVWPBV15 (2023)

Rachmaninoff & Babadjanian
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Babadjanian: Heroic Ballad
Claves Records CD 3004 (2022)

Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 36
10 Preludes, op. 23
13 Preludes, op. 32
Moments musicaux, op. 16
14 Romances, op. 34
Evidence classics EVCD085 (2022)

Chopin
Ballad No. 1 in G minor, op. 23
Ballad No. 2 in F major, op. 38
Ballad No. 3 in A-flat major, op. 47
Ballad No. 4 in F minor, op. 52
Nocturne in C minor, op. 48 No. 1
Valse in E minor, op. posth.
Grande Valse brillante in F major, op. 34 No. 3
Nocturne in D-flat major, op. 27 No. 2
Polonaise Herioïque in A-flat major, op. 53
Polonaise-Fantaise in A-flat major, op. 61
Évidence classics EVCD059 (2019)

Rachmaninoff – Scriabin – Prokofiev
Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, op. 39
Scriabin: Piano sonata No. 2, op. 19
               3 Etudes, op. 65
Prokofiev: Piano sonata No. 2 in D minor, op. 14
Évidence classics EVCD048 (2018)

Archives of the Nohant Festival Vol. 1
Dedicated to Aldo Ciccolini’s last recital, the CD released in December 2016, also includes extracts from the concerts of young pianists who took part in the festival.
There, Jean Paul offers a live representation of Schumann’s sonata in G minor.
(2015)

Winner of the European Contest of Bremen 2014
Debussy: 7 preludes, book 2
Liszt: Sonata in B-flat minor
(2014 – CD produced at Radio Bremen)

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Arno Babadjanian: Elegy

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Khachaturian: Piano Concerto op. 38

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin

Jean-Paul Gasparian – “Ruin and Memory“, Concert for piano and orchestra- piece No. 4, from59:40 (french premiere)

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Berner Symphonieorchester: Babadjanian: Heroic Ballad

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Rachmaninov: Prélude No. 4 op. 23

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Rachmaninov: Moments musicaux No. 4

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Mendelssohns Piano concerto No. 1

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Chopin Polonaise No. 6 op. 53, Héroïque

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Beethoven Piano sonata No. 21 op. 53, “Waldenstein”

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Beethoven Piano sonata No. 30 op. 109

Jean-Paul Gasparian: Flash Quiz

Jean-Paul Gasparian – CD Trailer: Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev (Evidence Classics)

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Piano New Talents

Jean-Paul Gasparian Mozart Concerto Tonhalle Zürich