Ara Gevorkian Piano Studio, LLC

Congratulations to my 19 Prizewinning and Honorable Mention Students participating in PPMTA Competitive Festival-Competition.
Colorado Springs, March 7, 2026

Piano Elementary
Augustine Brand - PK

Piano Class 1
Honorable Mention
Scottie Hamilton - 2 grade

Piano Class 2
Abigail Bechtel - 3 grade
Honorable Mention
Adelle Jensen - 3 grade

Piano Class 3
Thomas Carter - 5 grade
Nikolai Laptev - 7 grade
Fairlight Rasmussen - 6 grade
Honorable Mentions
Alexandra Lapteva - 9 grade
Joseph Bennion - 5 grade

Piano Class 4
Sena Bechtel - 6 grade
George Young - 8 grade
Honorable Mention
Andrew Whisenant - 8 grade

Piano Class 5A
Maxwell Smela - 7 grade
Honorable Mentions
Owen Miller - 10 grade

Piano Class 5B
Clara Stewart - 6 grade
Zachariah Lee - 8 grade

Piano Class 7
Annabelle Carter - 12 grade
Jacob Vandaveer - 10 grade
Henry Stewart - 10 grade

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
In my Studio.

“Mostly Bach” Recital
This Recital was dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach’s 340th birthday .

The program also include compositions by
Franz Schubert, Fryderyk Chopin, Franz Liszt and
Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Grace & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Colorado Springs
May 18, 2025

Congratulations to my 18 Prizewinning Students participating PPMTA Competitive Historical Era Festival-Competition.
Colorado Springs, March 1, 2025

Piano Elementary
Abigail Bechtel - 2 grade

Piano Class I-A
Sena Bechtel - 5 grade
Thomas Carter - 4 grade

Piano Class I-B
Clara Stewart - 5 grade
Brooke Swendsen - 4 grade

Piano Class II-A
Maxwell Smela - 6 grade
Nikolai Leptev - 6 grade

Piano Class II-B
Zachariah Lee - 7 grade
Fiona Yurovich - 5 grade

Piano Class III
Henry Stewart - 9 grade
Lucy Stewart - 7 grade

Piano Class IV-A
Annabelle Carter - 11 grade

Piano Class IV-B
Jeffrey Torgerson - 11 grade
Everett Saxton - 11 grade

Piano Class V
Calvin Stewart - 11 grade
Kate Swendsen - 12 grade

Honorable Mention:
Henrey Bennion - 6 grade

Honorable Mention:
Owen Miller - 9 grade

My dearest Piano Teacher,
A Mentor and A Friend.
She’s the reason who I am today as a pianist and a piano pedagogue!

Death of a major New York piano teacher, 92 - Slippedisc The pianist Nina Svetlanova, beloved by generations of...

Sonata & Sonatina Recital
Grace & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Colorado Springs
May 5, 2024

Remembering Pianist and Pedagogue Heinrich Neuhaus Listen to his “tempestuous” playing and discover about his first lessons.

Congratulations to my Prizewinning Students
Participating
PPMTA COMPETITIVE SONATINA-SONATA & MUSICAL ERA FESTIVAL-COMPETITION
Colorado Springs, March 2, 2024

Class II: Nikolai Laptev
Muzio Clementi:
Sonatina in C Major, Op.36, No.1

Class III-A: Fiona Yurovich
Friedrich Kuhlau:
Sonatina in C Major, Op.55, No.1

Class III-B: Honorable Mention:
Sophia Vilyaykina
Antonio Diabelli:
Sonatina in G Major, Op.168, No.2

Class IV-A: Zachariah Lee
Friedrich Kuhlau:
Sonatina in C Major, Op.55, No.3

Class IV-B: Clara Stewart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Viennese Sonatina No. 2 in A Major

Class V: Lucy Stewart
Robert Schumann:
Sonata for the Young in C Major, Op. 118, No.3

Owen Miller
Friedrich Kuhlau:
Sonatina in G minor, Op. 20, No.2

Class VI: Henry Stewart
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI-49

Annabelle Carter
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI-23

Thomas Clay
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI-32

Honorable Mention:
Jeffrey Torgerson
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op.10, No.1

Class VII: Calvin Stewart
Sergei Prokofiev:
Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op.28

Mia Egbert
Alexander Scriabin:
Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op.19

Jacob Vandaveer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Sonata in D Major, K.311 (284c)

Always happy to have my former students visiting me!
My dear Marianne McConkie visited my studio yesterday.

2020 Young Artist Competition 1st Place Winner
Ian Patterson.
After performing Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major with Chamber Orchestra of the Springs.
Broadmoor Community Church, Colorado Springs, CO. June 4, 2023