It is 12 years “The Nutcracker” international annual television competition of young classical musicians takes place in Moscow (November 1-8). This year Armenia was being represented by young violinist Diana Adamyan.
Another Armenian young man Erik Mirzoyan (wind instruments, clarinet) was presenting Russia. Both Armenian young musicians shone throughout the competition stages and reached the final one. As a result of the professional jury decisions, Diana Adamyan was granted the second prize in the “string instruments”section and Erik Mirzoyan – first prize in the “wind instruments” section. Vladimir Spivakov who is the honorary president of the competition and whose charity fund constantly supports young and talented musicians granted Erik Mirzoyan with a special prize – a nominal grant and Diana Adamyan was invited to participate in the festival “Moscow welcomes its friends”. There were a number of other prestigious musical awards for the Armenian young musicians by the end of the competition.