Hrachya Avanesyan was born in 1986 in Gumri, Armenia. He started to play the violin at the age of 6. From 1993 to 2003 he studied at the Tchaikovsky Specialized Secondary and Musical school in Yerevan with professor A. Mkrtchyan.

In 1996 when he was only 10 years old, he won the first prize at the Armenian republic competition in both junior and senior categories, wich followed the concert engagements in Armenia and Russia, as well as a concert with Armenian national chamber orchestra and Emin Khachaturian.

The same year he became a member of "Young Virtuosos of Armenia", and has appeared as a soloist in several cities in Europe, Syria, Iran, Libanon, USA, Canada, Australia and China, wich have been broadcasted by American and Canadian televisions and radios.

In August 2003 he moved to Belgium with his family and began studying at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in the class of Igor Oistrakh.

During the first years of his studies in Brussels he won 5 first prizes at the international competitions as well as the gold medal in the European Competition for Young Soloists in Luxembourg and the first prize in the Henry Vieuxtemps competition in Verviers (Belgium).

The orchestras he worked with in Belgium and abroad, include Wallonie Royal Chamber Orchestra with Christopher Waren-Green, National Orchestra of Lille/ under the direction of Joji Hattori/, Armenian National Orchestra with Loris Tjegnavorian, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Denmark, Gulbenkian Orchestra in Portugal with Joana Carniero etc..
In 2006 he won the first prize at the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in France as well as a Special Prize of EMCY.

In april 2008 he performed for the first time in Cardiff with Wales Orchestra, where he shared the stage with such artists as Joshua Bell and Maxim Vengerov.
In June 2008 he won the first prize in the Carl Nielsen competition.

Hrachya Avanesyan plays on the violin of Antonio Stradivarius 'Piatti' of 18th century, given to him by the foundation of Queen Elisabeth College of Music.