“Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan, barely in her 20s, delivered on all the aspects of the Khachaturian violin concerto, despite a steady rain that pattered on the tent roof through most of the piece. She found subtleties in the quieter, more hesitant moments, and revved up churning rhythms and dazzling climaxes. The sun was out when the piece ended, and one has to believe her playing had something to do with chasing away the rain.”

“Diana Adamyan is a name you will hear again….following her career promises to be a joy.”

“There was a phenomenal young violinist from Armenia performing at this sold-out concert at the Lokhalle: Diana Adamyan, born 2000. With her solo in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, Adamyan caused great storms of excitement. With perfect harmonics and burning passion, from the first note of the Sibelius concerto, she played her way deep into the hearts of the audience. She has enormous technical skills — even the most insane failed to compromise her sovereignty — her intonation is perfect up to the highest harmonics, and her dexterity brilliant. In addition, she has the ability to both unfold larger musical arcs, and to work out details meticulously, without losing sight of the whole. She conveyed the dramatic form of the piece, but also allowed lyrical beauty to blossom – and all this with a wonderful differentiated intonation, ranging from edgy, rebellious, and sharply rhythmic passages, up to the clear coloratura soprano range. She plays with passion, giving emotion a fair amount of space, without it letting the music slide into simple sentimentality. Her awareness of form and the clearly contoured shape of the music never let her down during her solo flights of fancy. Loud bravos mingled with the rapturous, well-deserved final applause after this Sibelius concert, which probably most of the listeners still will be remembered far beyond this evening.”