Maestro Gary (Garegin Khachikyan) an improvising ballet pianist, got his musical education in Yerevan, Armenia.  He has studied music and piano at music school, Musical Pedagogical College, and later, at the Armenian State Conservatory.  He graduated Conservatory in 1979 and received four degrees as a M.A., Concerto Performer, M.A. Music Professor, M.A., Solo Performer of Chamber Ensemble, and M.A., Accompanist.
    Gary is the achiever of the winning award at the International Musical Competition in Tbilisi, Georgia (1977).  He has performed piano concertos by Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Khachaturyan with the State Symphony Orchestra in Armenia, Russia, and Eastern Europe and other masterpieces with many musicians, singers, ensembles, and chorus.
    From 1992 to 1997 he lived in St. Petersburg, Russia and worked at the Kirov Ballet.
    In 1997 he was invited to Norway, where he worked at Oslo Ballet Academy and Oslo Opera & Ballet Theater. 
    In 2001 he immigrated to the United States.  Maestro Gary currently works at U.C.Irvine, California State University Long Beach, and Ballet Pacifica Ballet Academy.