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}}'''Sergei Babayan''' ({{lang-hy|Սերգեյ Բաբայան}}; born 1 January 1961) is an Armenian-American pianist. Described by ''[[Le Devoir]]'' as a "genius",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/485149/musique-classique-sergei-babayan-un-genie|title=Sergeï Babayan: un génie!|website=Le Devoir|language=fr|access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> Babayan won many international competitions, including the [[Cleveland International Piano Competition|Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition]] in 1989 and the [[Hamamatsu International Piano Competition]] in 1991. He appears as soloist with leading orchestras, including the [[Cleveland Orchestra]], [[Gewandhausorchester]], [[London Symphony Orchestra]], [[Bamberger Symphoniker]], and the [[Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra]], under such conductors as [[Valery Gergiev]], [[Yuri Temirkanov]], [[Tugan Sokhiev]], [[Neeme Järvi]], [[Rafael Payare]], and [[David Robertson (conductor)|David Robertson]].<ref name=cim>{{cite web|url=http://sergeibabayan.com/en/about|title=Sergei Babayan Biography|website=Sergei Babayan|language=en|access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref> He served as artist-in-residence at the [[Cleveland Institute of Music]] from 1992 to 2024 and currently serves on the faculties on both The [[Juilliard School]] and [[Southern Methodist University]]'s [[Meadows School of the Arts]].