Sergey
Smbatyan

Sergey Smbatyan is the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, the Principal Conductor of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and the Principal Guest Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. A passionate populariser of classical music, the conductor has extensive international engagement while championing the rejuvenation of classical music audiences and promoting contemporary classical music worldwide.

Smbatyan serves as Artistic Director of several annual music festivals and the Khachaturyan International Competition. He has initiated various educational and cultural programs which the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra implements to foster cultural development among the younger generation. Meanwhile, the Music for Future Foundation (M4FF), established by Sergey Smbatyan, has supported young musicians’ professional advancement since 2019.

In recent concert seasons, he has performed as a guest conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra of Bratislava and other orchestras. In the 2022-2023 concert season, Sergey Smbatyan toured the United Kingdom with the Romanian National Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 2023 led the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra on a UK tour dedicated to Aram Khachatryan’s 120th anniversary. He was appointed as a UNICEF National Ambassador in 2023.