Sergey Khachatryan (also spelled Sergei Khachatryan; Armenian: Սերգեյ Խաչատրյան) (born 5 April 1985 in Yerevan) is an Armenian violinist. Since 1993 he has lived in Germany where he gave his first orchestral concert at the age of nine in the Kurhaus, Wiesbaden. 　　 　　He made his New York City debut on August 4, 2006, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto in Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Osmo Vänskä. In June 2013, he played Shostakovich's first Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot conducting. 　　 　　Prizes: 　　 　　2000: 1st prize at the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists 　　2000: 1st prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition (he is the youngest person who ever won) 　　2000: 2nd prize at the International Fritz Kreisler Competition 　　2002: 2nd prize at the Indianapolis International Violin Competition 　　2005: 1st prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 　　2008: The Medal of Movses Khorenatsi (Armenia) 　　2012: Merited Artist of Armenia 　　2014: Awarded the 'Credit Suisse Young Artist Award' and was granted $82,000 　　 　　At the Queen Elisabeth Competition, he won the 1708 "Huggins" Stradivarius violin on loan to him from the Nippon Music Foundation for four years.