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Vardan Ovsepian is an Armenia-born pianist/composer and a Fresh Sound - New Talent recording artist. Born in 1975, Vardan started playing piano at the age of five. After completing his basic piano training, he went on to study at the Melikyan Music College, majoring in Music Theory, and in 1992, entered the Yerevan State Conservatory majoring in Classical Composition. In 1994, he was accepted to the Estonian Music Academy to study Contemporary Composition.

In 1995, following his strong interest and passion for jazz and improvised music Vardan moved to Finland, to attend the Helsinki Jazz Conservatory. There, he met and studied with Frank Carlberg, the First Prize winner of the Hennessey Jazz Search, who opened a new world of jazz for him and brought him one step closer to achieving his dream of coming to the United States. A couple of years later, this dream was fulfilled – Vardan was awarded a scholarship to study piano performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Since graduating from Berklee in May 2000, Vardan has been teaching at The Musical Suite in Newburyport, MA, and performing solo as well as in groups with artist such as George Garzone, Mick Goodrick, Tim Miller, and others. Over the past few years, Vardan has taught master classes and performed at Maine Jazz Camp, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (Alaska) and Towson University (Maryland).

Vardan has released three CDs with Barcelona–based label Fresh Sound – New Talent. In September 2001, the label launched the artist with a solo piano CD Abandoned Wheel. One year later, Vardan recorded his second CD, Sketch Book, with a quartet and special guest Mick Goodrick. Artists featured on the second CD include Monica Yngvesson (voice), Joshua Davis (bass) and Take Toriyama (drums). And, in September 2004, Fresh Sound released Vardan's newest creation Akunc featuring his quartet and cellist Agnieszka Dziubak.

Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble (VOCE) is a newly formed group comprised of violins, cello, flute, celtic harp, duduk, double bass, percussion and piano, in varying combinations. The aim of the group is to interweave the instinctiveness of jazz improvisation with the traditions of European art music.