Sergey Smbatyan is the Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO). Mr. Smbatyan has also founded the unique UNICEF Children Orchestra which gave numerous performances throughout Armenia and in Europe. Other impressive initiatives are the foundation of 24/04 World Orchestra for Peace in 2015 and the Pan-Armenian Symphony Orchestra in 2017.

Grammy nominated conductor, cellist and conductor Dmitry Yablonksy was born in Moscow into a musical family. He began playing the cello when he was 5 years old and was accepted to the Central Music School for gifted children. At the age of 9 he gave his orchestral debut playing Haydn’s cello concerto. Since then, his career had taken him to the most important stages in the world, such as the Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Moscow Great Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Taiwan National Hall, Teatre Mogador, Cite de la Musique, Louvre, among others.