The 9th Moscow International Festival ‘Sounds of the Dutar’ named after Nury Halmamedov in 2025 will be held under the banner of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and in support of the International Year of Peace and Trust. As part of these memorable dates, the organisers have announced the creation of a new special award named after Myrat Sadykov, an outstanding Turkmen singer, People's Artist of the Turkmen SSR and prominent public figure. This was reported by the news resource TerraNews.

The award will be given for the best performance of musical works dedicated to military themes or created by composers who participated in the Great Patriotic War. The award covers both vocal and ensemble-choir nominations and aims to preserve historical memory through music and promote cultural heritage related to the military pages of history.

The festival's organising committee emphasised that the new award will harmoniously complement the existing system of awards, including the ‘Nadezhda’ scholarships for students and the named awards named after Nury Halmamedov, Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva and Maya Kuliyeva.

The creation of the Sadykov Award will not only be an act of cultural remembrance, but also an incentive for new generations of performers, immortalising the artist's contribution to the development of musical art in Turkmenistan and the entire post-Soviet space.