About
Diana Adamyan is quickly gaining an international reputation as one of her generation’s most outstanding violinists, winning First Prize at the both 2018 Menuhin Competition and the Khachaturian International Competition.
Diana has performed all over the world, from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London to the Seiji Ozawa Academy and the Matsumoto International Music Festival. Among her recent engagements are performances with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Philharmonie Berlin, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz at the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Göttinger Symphonieorchester, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Niederbayerische Philharmonie, and the Staatsorchester Darmstadt, as well as recitals in Tokyo and France. In the US, she recently made her Boston recital debut at the Celebrity Series, appeared at the Aspen Festival and at Boston Symphony Hall, performing Mendelssohn with the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Born in 2000 in Yerevan into a family of musicians, Diana completed her studies in 2017 with Prof. Petros Haykazyan and in 2023 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Prof. Ana Chumachenco. Diana was also selected to study with Pinchas Zukerman as a participant at the NAC Summer Music School, as well as with Leonidas Kavakos, in association with the DakApp Foundation.
The recipient of a scholarship from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, Diana is under the patronage of the Armenian General Benevolent Union and YerazArt foundation in Boston. She performs on an instrument made by Nicolò Gagliano in 1760, generously on loan from the Henri Moerel Foundation.
Alongside her journey in classical music, Diana turns to painting as a second language of expression, capturing the colors she sees in sound and the emotions that flow through every note she plays.
Featured Content
Meet the 2025-26 Ambassador Programme Artists
Diana Adamyan returns to the Hamburger Symphoniker for her Elbphilharmonie debut
New Release
Diana Adamyan Performs Bach’s Chaconne
Diana’s single “Chaconne” is now streaming on all platforms including Apple and Spotify
Diana Adamyan Performs Francisco Tárrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Projects
coming soon…
New to Youtube
Diana Adamyan // J. S. Bach – Chaconne | Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Diana Adamyan // F. Tarrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Press and reviews
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61,
Bruckner Orchester Linz conducted by Markus Poschner
Brucknerhaus Linz
May 2024
“It would have been impossible to imagine a better soloist for Beethoven’s only violin concerto than the 24-year-old Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan. She has already won prestigious prizes in her international career and is one of the leading artists in her field. Gentle and sensitive, she brilliantly mastered even the difficult top notes, which fell crystal clear like stars from the sky. With modesty and restraint, she gave in to the request for an encore, played with incredible virtuosity… The audience waited in vain for more but she seemed to have gone. She will not, however, be forgotten.”
Volksblatt
24 May 2024
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Staatsorchester Darmstadt,
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 conducted by Mei-Ann Chen
Staatstheater Darmstadt
Sep 2022
“Another highlight of the concert was the performance of the Diana Adamyan… She played even the most delicate piano notes with an unconditionality, as if every phrase was about everything for her.”
Darmstädter Echo
13 September 2022
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Göttinger Symphonie-Orchester,
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 conducted by Nicholas Milton
Göttingen
Oct 2022
“A phenomenal young violinist… From the very first note of the Sibelius concerto, Adamyan played her way into the hearts of her audience with fervent passion. She possesses enormous technical skills, her intonation is perfect right up to the highest harmonics, and her dexterity is brilliant. In addition, she has the ability to draw great musical arcs, to work out the details meticulously without losing sight of the whole, to build up dramatic climaxes, to allow lyrical beauty to blossom – and all with a wonderfully varied tone… She plays with great passion, giving the emotion just the right space without allowing the music to slip into simplistic sentimentality. Her awareness of shaping and clearly contoured form never lets her down… Loud bravos mingled with the roaring, highly deserved final applause for a performance which most listeners will probably remember far beyond this evening.”
Göttinger Tageblatt
19 October 2022
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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E-minor, Op. 64 conducted by Ruth Reinhardt
Berlin
Dec 2021
“The way she shapes the lyrical moments of the romantic virtuoso piece, with enormous intensity and confident phrasing, captivates the audience’s attention… Diana Adamyan seems to be playing primarily for herself – and it is a great privilege for the audience to be able to listen in.”
Tagesspiegel
13 December 2021