Viola
Natural da Arménia, Samuel Barsegian começou a estudar violino aos seis anos de idade na Escola Especial de Música Tchaikovsky, mas aos quinze anos decidiu mudar para a viola de arco. Diplomou-se em 1989, tendo em seguida prosseguido o seu aperfeiçoamento no Conservatório Nacional de Yerevan, com Albert Brutian. Entre 1989 e 1991, foi solista da Orquestra Sinfónica da Rádio da Arménia e recebeu o Grande Prémio no Concurso Nacional da Arménia. Entre 1991 e 1995, estudou na Escola Superior de Música de Friburgo, na Alemanha, com Kim Kashkashian. Ao longo desse período, tocou sob a direcção de maestros como Georg Solti, Valery Gergiev, Semyon Bychkov e Daniel Barenboim e atuou como solista com a Filarmónica da Arménia no Festival de Schleswig-Holstein. Prosseguiu os seus estudos na Juilliard School, nos Estados Unidos da América, e concluiu uma pós-graduação na Escola Superior de Música de Karlsruhe. Posteriormente, desenvolveu a sua carreira artística com o professor Rudolf Barshai.
Samuel Barsegian participou em vários workshops com maestros como Bertrand de Billy, Simone Young, Gilbert Varga, David Zinman e Lawrence Foster. É o fundador e maestro da Lisbon Chamber Orchestra e tem dirigido várias orquestras na Europa. Em 2013 dirigiu pela primeira vez a Orquestra Gulbenkian, na qual é 1.º Solista do naipe das violas.
Born in Armenia, Samuel Barsegian began studying the violin at the age of six at the Tchaikovsky Special School of Music, but at the age of fifteen he decided to switch to viola. He graduated in 1989 and then pursued his studies at the National Conservatory of Yerevan with Albert Brutian. Between 1989 and 1991, he was a soloist with the Armenian Radio Symphony Orchestra and received the Grand Prize at the Armenian National Competition. Between 1991 and 1995, he studied at the Superior School of Music in Friburg, Germany, with Kim Kashkashian. During this period, he played under the direction of conductors such as Georg Solti, Valery Gergiev, Semyon Bychkov and Daniel Barenboim, and performed as a soloist with the Armenian Philharmonic at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival. He continued his studies at the Juilliard School in the United States of America, and completed a postgraduate degree at the Superior School of Music in Karlsruhe. Later, he developed his artistic career with Professor Rudolf Barshai.
Samuel Barsegian has participated in several workshops with conductors such as Billy Bertrand, Simone Young, Gilbert Varga, David Zinman and Lawrence Foster. He is the founder and conductor of the Lisbon Chamber Orchestra and has directed several orchestras in Europe. In 2013 he directed for the first time the Gulbenkian Orchestra, in which he is 1st Soloist of the violas' suit.