On October 23, 2025 the Abkhaz State Philharmonic Hall named after R. Gumba hosted an awards ceremony and gala concert for the winners of the 4-th Alisa Gitsba International Music Competition and Laboratory, "Music: A Dialogue Without Borders and Distances."
David Chakrian (Republic of Abkhazia) and Polina Tikhonova (Russian Federation) received a special prize—a recording of two romances by Khibla Amichba, set to poems by Abkhaz poets.