The second Komitas International Classical Music Competition and Festival will take place in Pretzel Castle in Branderburg, Germany from September 7 to 9.

Works of Komitas and modern Armenian composers as well as works of German and Eastern European composers will be performed within the framework of festival.

Pianists, singers, violinists, composers, and string quartets will compete for the total prize fund of €20,000, bakitone.com reports.

The competition winners will perform with the Armenian State Youth Orchestra conducted by Sergey Smbatyan.