Grants
Following the results of the competition, Armenian Assembly will confer grants to the winners of each category at the annual Christmas Gathering.
FOUR GRANTS
Your choice
Vote for your favorite participant. For the first time, you get to choose the winner of the Audience Choice Award!
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For participants
For young instrumentalists familiar with Armenian culture, in 3 age categories: 7–9 years old; 10 to 14 years old; 15 – 17 years old inclusive.
Eligibility criteria
Young talents
SPREADING ARMENIAN CULTURE
Competition stages
The competition of young talents is open for all instrumentalists who love and spread Armenian culture, of ages 7 to 17 inclusive.
Participate
The winners will receive grants and perform at the annual Christmas Gathering.
Jury
Constantine Orbelian
Conductor, pianist, artistic director of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia named after A. Spendiaryan, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, three-time Grammy Award nominee.
Asmik Grigorian
Soloist of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater, soprano of the Mariinsky Theater, winner of the prestigious “International Opera Award”, two-time laureate of the main theater award of Lithuania “Golden Stage Cross”, debutant of La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera
Suren Bagratuni
Concert cellist and recording artist; winner of several International competitions; Artistic director of international festivals and academies; Distinguished Professor of cello, Michigan State University (USA)
Artur Aharonian
Composer, pianist, Professor at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, Member of the Composers Union of Armenia, member of the Union of French authors and composers (SACEM), was awarded the "Golden star halo award and Emerald award".
Sergey Smbatyan
Founder of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Khokhlov
Merited Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, director of the Gnessin School of Music, founder and conductor of the "Gnessin Virtuoso" orchestra.
Stas Namin
Musician, composer, producer,theatre and film director, founder of “Tsvety” and “Gorky Park” groups, founder of the Moscow Stas Namin Music and Drama Theater.
