Mariam Nazarian

MUSICIAN - COACH - PRODUCER - RESEARCHER

Mariam made her Carnegie Hall debut at age 16 as the youngest pianist in Carnegie's history to have performed J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. Her holistic approach to performance, research, production, and pedagogy, has brought about innovative projects in collaboration with Princeton University's 3D3A Lab; the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle; the Leipzig Bach-Archiv; as well as numerous benefit concerts–produced on behalf of The Scheide Fund (Princeton) and Nazarian Music & Media–that have featured the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner; the Vienna, Zurich, and English Chamber Orchestras; Festival Strings Lucerne; Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among many others. 

In addition to recording a critically-noted and commercially available CD of Bach's Goldberg Variations, appearing live on radio and television, winning prizes at competitions, and receiving international press recognition (in the Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, TEEN PEOPLE Magazine, and “D” La Repubblica, among others), Mariam has performed as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras including Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, and the Boston Pops, in venues including Symphony Hall (Boston), LincolnCenter / Alice Tully Hall (New York), Grand Philharmonic Hall (SaintPetersburg), the Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto), as well as in Spain, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. Mariam has also co-produced guest speaker appearances with Harvard University's Office for the Arts and has served as programming advisor to the Arts Council of Princeton. 

She is a frequent contributor to documentary and narrative feature film projects including Philip Kaufman's MESHUGAH, Edoardo Ponti's CRESCENDO, while coaching actors like Elijah Wood in GRAND PIANO to enable successful outcomes in on-screen musical performances. Mariam (a Bösendorfer Artist since 2002) is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music (NYC), Harvard University, and Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge.