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Charlotte Melkonian

Armenia

Cello

About

The nine-year-old cellist Charlotte Melkonian grew up in a musical family of Armenian origin. She began studying her instrument at the age of four in Hamburg. After various courses at the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan under the guidance of Professor Tiruhi Sargsyan, she became a student of Leonid Gorokhov at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover in June 2022. Charlotte has already won a number of first prizes, including the Gold Medal at the Young Ludwig Beethoven Competition in Berlin.