“…Mr. Babakhanian’s great strength is the phenomenally rich and substantial sound he draws from the piano”
New Yorker

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"...Armen Babakhanian was pure and simple, the over-whelming talent….Every time he played, he demonstrated that he had something important to say and the technique with which to say it. His performances had a way of sweeping previous interpretations out of one’s mind…”
James Keller

 

Piano & Keyboard Magazine

“…Imagination and phenomenal pianistic knowhow….he played Mussorgsky’s Pictures at Exhibitions so colorfully and subtly nuanced that one would think Ravel need not have orchestrated this composition…”
Suddeutsche Zeitung

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“…His energy is vibrant, his tone color individual and he has a fondness for decisively delivered personal interpretative gestures….. There’s an undeniable over-the-top quality in the playing of Armen Babakhanian, a very resourceful, big-toned, assertive player…”
The Irish Times