David Karapetyan is a self-taught, prize-winning composer and pianist whose music merges deep mathematical structure with Romantic expressivity. His love of structure and precision helped him earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics, though classical music has always been his vocation—an obsession that began suddenly at age twelve, particularly with the German tradition. Without formal training, he taught himself to play and compose on the piano shortly thereafter, developing a rigorous yet emotionally charged style.