In 2008, Arghamanyan won the
Montreal International Music Competition. In 2009 and 2010, Arghamanyan performed in several cities throughout the United States, including Miami, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City, San Juan, San Francisco, and Fresno. She also performed at the
Frick Collection in New York City. Arghamanyan has performed with the Mont Blanc Symphony France, the
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the
Armenian Philharmonic, and the
National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. Arghamanyan also performed with the
Orchestre Metropolitan under
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the
Vienna Symphony the
Bregenz Festival 2011 under
Xian Zhang, as well as the
Vancouver Symphony with
James Gaffigan. Arghamanyan attended the
Marlboro Festival in 2010 and 2011, as well as the
Tanglewood music festival, Domaine Forget Quebec, the Festival International de Lanaudière and at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In 2006 she appeared in the Chamber Music San Francisco Music Series under the auspices of the Guzik Foundation. In 2004 she was a soloist with the Mont Blanc Symphony
France in the Grieg Piano Concerto. Recitals in 2003 brought Ms. Arghamanyan to
New York City,
Los Angeles,
Boston, and
Washington DC, and in 2002, highlight engagements included those with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, in
Moscow, and with the National Chamber Orchestra of
Armenia in
Yerevan and
Berlin. She has made several recordings, including two for Pentatone, one with
Liszt's two piano concertos, and another of piano pieces by
Rachmaninov. She also recorded
Rachmaninov's second piano sonata and
Liszt's B minor piano sonata for Analekta. ==Awards==