Sevak Avanesyan is described as "a musician of extraordinary virtuosity and a remarkable range of sound capacities" (Bernard Greenhouse) and "undoubtedly, one of the most gifted musicians of his generation” (Janos Starker).

Born in 1989 in Armenia, into a musical family, Sevak started studying cello at age of 5, with the well-known Armenian cellist Medea Abrahamyan, student of legendary Mstislav Rostropovitsch. He went on to study at the Tchaikovsky Specialized Secondary and Musical School in Yerevan until 2003. That year, his entire family moved to Brussels (Belgium) where he joined the class of Ms. Viviane Spanoghe at the Royal Conservatory. He graduated with the highest distinction in 2010 and was then accepted in the class of the renowned cellist Claudio Bohorquez at the “Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler" in Berlin.

Besides his regular studies, Sevak Avanesyan has received precious advice from world famous artists such as Janos Starker, Bernard Greenhouse, Steven Isserlis, Mischa Maisky, Maria Kliegel, Lluis Claret, Peter Bruns, Garry Hoffman, Wolfgang Boettcher, Igor Oistrakh, Artemis Quartet, Gerhard Schulz and many others.

Since his youngest age, Sevak has travelled the world as a member of the "Young Virtuosos" of AMAA (Armenian Missionary Association of America). He performed as soloist and chamber musician in venues such as the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Ford Hall of Toronto, the Sidney Opera House, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. More recent concert seasons brought him to festivals such as the Festival de Radio France Montpellier, the Festival of Menton and the Brahms festival (Brussels) among others.

Sevak has been laureate of many international competitions, including the International Cello Competition “Gerardmer” (France), the European Competition for Young Soloists in Luxembourg (first prize), the “Lions Club” European competition (first prize), and was awarded the “Golden Label” prize by the Belgian music press association, and first prize winner of “Belgische Stichting Roeping” promotion and many more.

Sevak has worked together with highly respected conductors such as Hans Graf, Hugh Wolff, Andrey Boreyko and George Pehlivanian. As an ardent chamber musician, Sevak Avanesyan also performed with many well-known musicians such as Augustin Dumay, Philippe Graffin, Pascal Devoyon, Pavel Gililov, Maxime Vengerov, Alexei Moshkov, and musicians of the younger generation: Aleksandr Khramouchin, Lily Maisky, Julien Libeer, Alissa Margulis, his brother Hrachya Avanesyan and many others.

Since March 2013, Sevak was the Solo cellist of the National Orchestra of Belgium for 4 years.

At the end of 2016 the “Rhythm & Intervals” documentary by Comes Chahbazian premiered. This documentary is about the life of Sevak Avanesyan in Berlin during the period of 2011-2013. The documentary has already won prizes at several festivals and was aired on ARTR TV.

Sevak plays on the very first Mateo Goffriller cello from 1689, kindly given to him by Mischa Maisky.