Praised for a “sensitivity unique in the piano world” (The Musical Gourmet), Melik-Adamyan has won numerous competitions and scholarships, including the YMF/ASCAP Leiber & Stoller Scholarship, first prize at the Los Angeles Liszt International Competition, and first prize at the William Grant Still Young Artists Competition. She has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras throughout the US. 

An avid collaborative pianist, Melik-Adamyan has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale at Walt Disney Concert Hall, members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra during the 2020/21 season, LA Phil Principal Concertmaster Martin Chalifour, cellist Coleman Itzkoff as the Amicus Duo, cellist Taeguk Mun, and many others. She has also collaborated with world-renowned musicians including Ralph Kirshbaum, Pamela Frank, Jeffrey Kahane, and the late Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Charles Wuorinen. Recently, Melik-Adamyan had the honor of working with Steven Spielberg and John Williams as the live pianist and hand double in Spielberg’s 2022 film The Fabelmans. 

A native of Los Angeles, Melik-Adamyan began her piano studies at age 4. She studied with Carl Matthes for 12 years and entered the USC Thornton School of Music in 2008 to study with Kevin Fitz-Gerald. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in piano performance, and in May 2018 she completed a doctorate in keyboard collaborative arts as an Outstanding Graduate. She is a full-time staff pianist at El Camino College in Torrance.