Mr. Vahe Hayrikyan is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music, a special school for talented students in the former USSR . He earned his Master's Degree at the Komitas Conservatory of Music, where he studied with the esteemed Professor Talalian and his Doctorate Degree at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. He is a winner of the First Prize in the Third Transcaucasian Music Competition and Third Prize at the Soviet National Cello Competition. Mr. Hayrikyan has served as principal cellist of the National Symphony orchestra and National Chamber Orchestra under the world-renowned conductors Khachaturyan, Barshay, Mravinsky and Gergiev. He has taught cello and chamber music at the Central College and the Komitas State Conservatory of Music.

Since his arrival in the United States in 1990 Mr. Hayrikyan, in addition to performing many solo recitals, has been performing with the Pasadena , Glendale , and Burbank Symphonies, the Mozart Camerata, the South Bay Chamber Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He is also a member of the Khachaturyan String Quartet, with which he has performed in famous venues in the country, including Carnegie Hall. Mr. Hayrikyan also maintains an active studio of private instruction.