Originally from Yerevan, Armenia, Petros Karapetyan joined the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 2019. He is a former member of the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, and has played with the Houston and Utah Symphonies, Sarasota Orchestra, the IRIS Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Sinaloa de las Artes and Symphoria. Petros has had fellowships at the Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival, Lake George Music Festival, and Colorado College Summer Music Festival as well as the Britt Festival Orchestra and Music in the Mountains. As an educator, Petros teaches at the Chamber Music Institute for Young Musicians in Stamford,CT and has previously had guest appearances at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes and the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca in Mexico. He holds a Bachelor of Music with a Performance Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, a Bachelor of Arts in Business from the University of Rochester, and a Master of Music degree from Rice University.