Marie-Anouch Sarkissian Resume

Certified piano teacher

Composer, Musicwriter, Pianist

Member of SUISA and SWISSPERFORM

Accredited by SSPM - Société Suisse de Pédagogie Musicale - Swiss Society for Music Pedagogy : Piano

Member of SFP - Société Française des Parfumeurs - French Society of Perfumers
Director of the Musique & Parfum Association in Geneva

I am a pianist and have been teaching piano since 2005. My students take official exams and work towards piano certifications, ranging from preparatory levels to the final Certificate.

Concurrently, I served as a research associate at the OMF (Observatoire Musical Français) at the University of Paris-Sorbonne until 2011. Since 2007, I have been developing an approach based on synesthesia in art and the artistic coordination of perfume and music. This technique led to the trademark registration of "Interface Parfum-Musique"® in 2010–2011, as well as two academic publications in 2015 with L'Harmattan and Classiques-Garnier.

Cursus Resume CV

Diplomas : I hold the following qualifications :
- Baccalaureate : Literary Baccalaureate (2000)
- DEM Piano Prize (2000)
- DEM Solfège and Musical Training Prize (1999)
- DEM Ensemble Music Prize (1999)
- DEM Award of excellence Ensemble Music (2000)

- Bachelor's Degree (Licence) (2003)
- Research Master's Degree (Maîtrise) with highest honors (2005)
- Research Master's Degree (Master) with highest honors and congratulations (2007)
- Twice-Eligible Competition for the External Agregation in Music (2009 and 2010)

Professional Positions :

Perfumer-creator and Perfume Director for the Swiss National Museum - Château de Prangins (-2022).

Certified teacher for the preparation of official piano exams in Switzerland, accredited member of the SSPM - Swiss Society for Music Education (since 2020).

Member of the Cercle General G. H. Dufour Geneva (2019).

Artistic Director of Perfume & Music 'Hommage au Général G. H. Dufour' for the Salons du General Dufour in Geneva (February 19, 2019).

Artistic Director of the 1st Perfume Salon at the Société des Arts in Geneva (April 29, 2018).

Artistic Director of Perfume at the Château de Prangins - Swiss National Museum (Spring 2016).

Publications with Classiques-Garnier and L’Harmattan (Paris-Sorbonne, 2015).

Selected by the scientific committees of three international colloquiums at the Sorbonne to give three lectures at the University of Paris on the role of Perfume and olfactory aesthetics in Contemporary Art (2014) and Intuition in Art (2025).

Artistic Director of Perfume at the Hermitage Museum in Lausanne (2014).

Tutor at the CNSM-Paris for pianist Yun Qiu WU (Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music) (2012-2013).

Registration of the Interface Parfum-Musique trademark at the INPI in Paris (2011).

Member of the Société Française des Parfumeurs under the sponsorship of perfumers Yves Tanguy, Dominique Ropion, Norbert Bijaoui, Pierre Nuyens, and perfume historian Annick Le Guerer (since 2010).

Artistic Director of Musique & Parfum events at the Sorbonne as a student and merit scholar at the Observatoire Musical Français in Paris (2009-2011).

Associate researcher at the Observatoire Musical Français - OMF of the Sorbonne University - Paris (2009-2011).

Position of Artistic Teaching Assistant in Piano (2nd grade) at the conservatory (2011-2015).

Twice-Eligible Competition for the External Agrégation in Music (2009 and 2010).

Concurrently, intern in perfume composition with perfumer-creator Sylvie Jourdet at ISIPCA in Versailles (December 2008).

Meeting with perfumers Yves Tanguy, Jean Kerléo (Conservatoire des Parfums - Osmothèque de Versailles), Francis Kurkdjian, Dominique Ropion (IFF), Guillaume Flavigny (Givaudan) (since 2007).

Research Master's degree in Music & Musicology with a focus on pedagogy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (2007) in the classes of Jean-Pierre Mialaret, Hyacinthe Ravet, Danièle Pistone, Michèle Barbe, François Madurell, and Catherine Rudent.

Benefited from the advice of pianists Janis Vakarelis and Sergei Markarov (2000-2003).

Intern student in piano at the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades (1999).

Academic studies at the conservatories of Perpignan and then Versailles (France) with three Prizes in Piano, Solfège, and Ensemble Music (1999-2000).

Obtained the Literary Baccalaureate (2000).

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