Dr. Sarkis Baltaian has gained an international reputation as a concert pianist, chamber musician, recording artist and pedagogue. He made his Carnegie Hall Debut in 1999 and has performed extensively both as recitalist and concerto soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. A top prize winner of national and international competitions, Dr. Baltaian received all his degrees from the University of Southern California under the direction of renowned pedagogue and concert artist John Perry where he also served as his teaching
assistant. A dedicated teacher, Dr. Baltaian’s students have won various national and international competitions and have been accepted at schools such as the Eastman School, Peabody
Conservatory, New England Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, USC, UCLA, Rice University, Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Barbara, Pomona College and University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Baltaian has held full time professorships at the Colburn Conservatory and UAHuntsville. He is currently the Director of Instrumental Music at the Orange County School of the Arts and serves on the piano faculty of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.