World known tenor, pianist and conductor Mihran Aghajanyan will perform first time in Armenia, playing his part in “Tosca” opera for the Armenian audience. As the press service at the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet reports, the renowned tenor will play Cavaradossi in Tosca on October 17 at the stage of Yerevan Opera Theatre.

Born into a family of musicians, Mihran Aghajanyan studied piano at the Rostov music school and took his first vocal training by the well-known Belarus tenor Vladimir Eknadiosov. He was awarded the Grand Prix in the 2010 All-Russian Vocal Competition in Saint Petersburg, the Audience Choice Award in the 2010 Grand-Prix of St. Petersburg Competition, and the first prize in the 2011 Elena Obraztsova Competition.

Mihran Aghajanyan is the founder and principal conductor of the Saint Petersburg Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has composed his own works, including the Armenian Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, and has successfully stepped in as stage director in various productions.

Aghajanyan d is currently devoted to building his singing career. He mastered his skills with Renata Scotto and Giuseppe Sabatini at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Opera Studio and was invited by Placido Domingo to join LA Opera's Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. He made his operatic debut in 2012 with the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg as Moralès in Carmen.