Asmik Grigorian was born in Vilnius and studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. She began her international career as Cio-Cio-San in „Madama Butterfly“ at the Royal Opera Stockholm. She quickly developed into one of the most prominent sopranos of her generation and has since appeared at the most important opera houses in the world. At the International Opera Awards, she was named „Best Young Singer“ in 2016 and „Singer of the Year“ in 2019. She made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 as Marie in „Wozzeck“. A year later, under the musical direction of Franz Welser-Möst, she gave her internationally acclaimed role debut as Salome there, which earned her the Austrian Music Theatre Award in 2019 as „Best Female Lead Role“. In 2021, she made her debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Senta in „Der fliegende Holländer“. In the 2021/22 season, she debuted in the title role of „Jenůfa“ at the Royal Opera House London and appeared as Tatjana in „Eugen Onegin“ as well as in the title role of „Manon Lescaut“ at the Vienna State Opera. Further engagements took her as Lisa in „Pique Dame“ to La Scala in Milan and Baden-Baden, as Jenůfa to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, as Salome to the Metropolitan Opera New York, and as Rusalka to the Royal Opera House London. In the 2024/25 season, Asmik Grigorian made her debut in the title role of „Rusalka“ at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and the Bavarian State Opera Munich. She also debuted as Elisabetta („Don Carlo“) at the Vienna State Opera and as Norma at the Theater an der Wien. In the summer, she returned as Salome with the London Symphony Orchestra under Antonio Pappano and sang Lady Macbeth („Macbeth“) at the Salzburg Festival. In the 2025/26 season, she will appear, among other roles, as Desdemona in „Otello“, Senta, and Tatjana. In March 2022, her debut album „Dissonance“ featuring songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff was released.