“The sound of soloist Levon Ambartsumian's violin recalled the long-lost mysterious quality of David Oistrakh's performance, characterized by a complete fullness of tone achieved without any undue pressure or force.”
Kommersant, Moscow, Russia

Welcome to website of Levon Ambartsumian, a violinist, conductor, and Franklin Professor of Violin at the University of Georgia, USA. Levon studied at the Moscow Conservatory under such virtuosos as Felix Andrievski, Yury Yankelevich, Leonid Kogan, and Igor Bezrodny. He was prizewinner at major international competitions and has been distinguished as an Honored Artist of Armenia and an Honored Artist of Russia. Levon is the founder, conductor, artistic director, and frequent soloist of the ARCO Chamber Orchestra. Levon keeps high profile performing, teaching, releasing CD's, and presenting master classes throughout the world.

Levon's extended biography is in Biography section. The biography can be downloaded as a PDF file. The section also contains a printing quality portrait of Levon. You can browse through and purchase Levon's CD's in Recordings section. Reviews section presents extracts from reviews of Levon's performances by many authoritative newspapers and magazines throughout the world. Photographic memorabilia — pictures of Levon, his teachers and friends, other eminent figures in music and beyond that he was fortunate to have met are in Gallery. Finally, ARCO section is about the ARCO Chamber Orchestra, a talented international blend of musicians headed by Levon since 1989.