Ruben Kosemyan

At the age of four he began studying violin under the guidance of his father Alexander Kosemyan (Violist with the State Komitas quartet) and Tatyana Hayrapetyan in Special Music School after Tchaikovsky. At age of 9 he played Mendelssohn and Mozart violin concertos with orchestra. A year later Ruben played in "Palace of Congresses" of Moscow city. In 1987 he moved to Moscow to continue his musical education at the Moscow State Conservatory with professor Maya Glezarova.

Kosemyan has attended master-classes under the guidance of Leonid Kogan, Igor Oistrach, Tibor Varga, Ruben Aharonyan (First violin of State Borodin quartet), Jean Ter-Merguerian, Ivan Monighetti, Eduard Tatevosyan and Dominique de Williencourt. In 1997 he was granted the prestigious Vladimir Spivakov scholarship.

In 1998 Kosemyan began teaching violin and chamber ensemble classes at the Yerevan State Conservatory, and in 2000 he was selected as head of the department of classical music at the "House of Music and Culture", Kish Island.

Kosemyan has appeared with concerts in Armenia, Germany, France, Iran, USA, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Malaysia, Russia and Georgia performing the Brahms double concerto, violin concertos of Khachaturian, Saryan, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Glazunov, Mozart, Bruch, Bach, Hairapetyan and many others.

In 2005 Kosemyan founded the Piano Trio. In October 31/2007, he was awarded a Gold medal, "UNESCO Aram Khachaturian Centenary" by the "Composers Union" of Armenia.

In 2009 Ruben was invited to join the "Khachaturian" State quartet as first violin, where he worked until 2010. Since 2010, Kosemyan has been living in Canada where he's organized a group of professional musicians for live performances and recordings of classical, romantic and some modern music.

He made his Canadian debut with Canadian conductor Nurhan Arman and "Sinfonia Toronto" in world known Glenn Gould Studio, later in Koerner Hall (Toronto).

In 2015 he received Canadian Citizenship.

Ruben Kosemyan continues to perform as a soloist with the orchestras on the multiple stages throughout Canada and abroad.