Widely celebrated as a true musical alchemist, Grammy-nominated and Juno-winning Canadian pianist, composer, and arranger Serouj Kradjian has spent over three decades redefining the boundaries of the concert stage.   Hailed by international critics for his virtuosic brilliance, fiery temperament, and poetic depth, Kradjian possesses a rare artistic vision centered on audacious sonic collisions. Seamlessly bridging centuries-old classical traditions with world music, tango, flamenco, jazz, and pop culture, he is an artist who doesn't just perform —he reimagines what music can be.

Kradjian’s international solo and chamber career spans the world’s most prestigious stages, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, Paris’s Salle Cortot, Boston’s Jordan Hall, and major concert halls across Tokyo, Beijing, Munich, Salzburg, Geneva, Madrid, Barcelona, and Latin America. As a guest soloist, he has performed with the Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Madrid, Göttingen, and Russian National Symphonies, the Armenian Philharmonic, and the Thailand Philharmonic under the baton of distinguished conductors including Stéphane Denève, Peter Oundjian, Bramwell Tovey, Anne Manson, Gudni Emilsson, and Raffi Armenian. A fixture on the global festival circuit, he has been featured at Luminato, Ottawa Chamberfest, Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Bergen International Festival, Savannah Music Festival, Rockport Music, Cortona Tuscan Sun Festival, and Colmar.

Restlessly creative, Kradjian is famous for his genre-defying concert creations, cinematic projects, and legendary musical mashups.   Expansion into filmmaking includes directing "Diasporic Bridges" (slated for release in 2027)—a groundbreaking cinematic document uniting 25 Canadian instrumentalists of diverse ethnic heritage, weaving a rich sonic tapestry of displaced cultures, ancestral traditions, and global diasporic identities into a single unified voice. His celebrated touring project Piano Fantasy is a tour de force live show where he breaks all cultural barriers, combining his original works with new takes on world classics—bridging Middle Eastern rhythms, tango, flamenco, South American vibes, and his Armenian heritage.     As Co-Artistic Director and pianist of Canada’s acclaimed Juno-winning Amici Chamber Ensemble, he has pioneered over 50 visionary programs, including sold-out conceptual phenomena that bring classical giants into irresistible dialogue with pop icons—such as his high-octane mashups where Mozart meets ABBA  and The Beatles collide with Beethoven.     His crossover scope further extends to masterly collaborations, including his long-standing partnership with virtuosic violinist Ara Malikian—spanning recordings, worldwide duo recitals, and explosive performances of Schumann, Paganini, and Armenian folk works—as well as his high-profile touring show with legendary Yanni violinist Samvel Yervinyan, uniting two Armenian musical powerhouses for a cinematic blend of classical crossover, jazz, and live band energy.

As a composer and arranger, over 100 of Kradjian’s works have been premiered globally by leading orchestras and choirs. His 2008 orchestral arrangements of Gomidas folk songs for Nonesuch Records (Gomidas Songs) earned him a Grammy Award nomination. His catalog of major compositions includes Cantata for Living Martyrs (commissioned by the Fresno Philharmonic for the Armenian Genocide centenary), Trobairitz Ysabella (CBC commission), Mother of Light (Juno-nominated), Elegy for Restive Souls, Emak Bakia (premiered at TIFF), and Hell’s Fury, a theatrical production based on the Hollywood Songbook of Hanns Eisler alongside baritone Russell Braun.

Kradjian’s vast discography spans major classical labels and all major streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal), featuring over 15 acclaimed releases. A two-time Juno Award winner—for his album of Pauline Viardot-Garcia songs (Classical Album of the Year) and Amici’s Levant (Best Classical Recording)—his streaming releases range from his benchmark recordings of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes and Piano Concerti and Schumann’s Complete Violin Sonatas with Ara Malikian (Hänssler Classic) to solo concept albums like Paganini for Piano, Mythical & Mystical: Liszt & Hovhaness, One Night in Yerevan, Tango Notturno, and Reimagining Flamenco with guitarist Grisha Goryachev.      His collaborative partners have included vocalists Dawn Upshaw, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Schade and Russell Braun; string masters Cho-Liang Lin, Lara St. John, Jonathan Crow, Chee-Yun, and Kim Kashkashian; percussionist Jamey Haddad; and the New Orford, Pacifica, and Cecilia String Quartets.

Fluent in six languages, Kradjian is also a passionate pedagogue who has served on the faculties of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media in Germany, as well as the Centro Superior Escuela Creativa and Katarina Gurska School of Music in Madrid.  Kradjian holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto (studying under Marietta Orlov) and a post-graduate Diplom Konzertsolist (MMus.) from the Hanover University of Music under Einar Steen-Nøkleberg. A SOCAN and ASCAP member, he has been honored with numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council for his extraordinary, genre-crossing contributions to global music.

Through every project, Kradjian remains driven by a singular belief: that music’s highest purpose is to build bridges—between cultures, generations, and the sacred and the secular.