The Todi International Music Academy was founded by cellist Suren Bagratuni and pianist Lilit Navasardian in 2016 as a means of providing aspiring students and top-tier musicians an opportunity to work together to cultivate emerging talent and musical prowess in an international and artistically driven environment. Suren and Lilit are highly accomplished musicians and long standing colleagues who first met while studying at the Special Music School in Yerevan, Armenia, followed by the Moscow Conservatory in Russia.