Awarded for his achievements in music by the President of his native Republic of Armenia, he debuted in Italy with The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari where he was again invited to perform Eugene Onegin, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Among the following commitments: Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Mikhailovskij in St. Petersburg, Madama Butterfly, Cavalleria Rusticana and Aida at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia under the baton of Lorin Maazel, I Shardana by Porrino of the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari.