conductor. Hovhannisyan was born in Yerevan. She graduated from the Department of Conducting at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas, the class of Prof. R. Mangasaryan. In 1984-1989 Hovhannissyan was the conductor of two amateur choirs: \u201cHayren\u201d and \u201cHallelujah\u201d. Since 1995 Hovhannissyan has been a professor of conducting at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. In 1992 Sona Hovhannissyan founded her own choir named \u201cHover\u201d, which was granted the status of a state choir in 2009. \u201cHover\u201d State Chamber Choir has been laureate of numerous international choral contests and festivals. It has performed concerts in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, England, Russia, Slovenia, Baltic countries, Belgium, Lebanon, Poland, Switzerland, USA, and Taiwan. In 2007 Sona Hovhannissyan was granted the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. In 2012 the \u201cHover\u201d State Chamber Choir was granted the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its professional activity. The \u201cHover\u201d state chamber choir has numerous diplomas and certificates of appreciation granted by a number of international festivals and organizations, as well as by the Office of the Mayor of Yerevan.
\nOn the initiatives of Sona Hovhannissyan, the \u201cHover\u201d Choir, has realized a number of experimental projects (\u201cThe Six Fables\u201d \u2013 a choral performance, music by S. Babatorosyan, \u201cThe Parallel\u201d \u2013 a choral theatrical performance, music by A. Azizyan, as well as series of Dance songs by Komitas). Conducted by Sona Hovhannissyan, the \u201cHover\u201d State Chamber Choir has recorded seven CDs, which have won different awards (\u201cThe Six Fables\u201d CD received the National Music Award of 2004 as \u201cThe best choral album\u201d (USA). \u201cThe Parallel\u201d choral performance CD received the award of \u201cThe best choral project\u201d of 2009.
\nSona Hovhannissyan has recorded soundtracks to several movies and theatrical performances (\u201cArarat\u201d, \u201cThe Lark Farm\u201d, \u201cTevanik\u201d, \u201dThe Last Refuge\u201d, \u201cThe Tailless Monk\u201d, \u201cThe Promise\u201d, \u201cPepo\u201d, \u201cNamus\u201d). Sona Hovhannissyan has appeared at a number of prestigious music halls: \u201cTeatro Dal Verme\u201d (Italy), \u201c\u0422h\u00e9\u00e2tre Nanterre-Amandiers\u201d, \u201cCit\u00e9 de la Musique\u201d, \u201cLe Quartz\u201d (France), \u201cStrathmore Hall\u201d, \u201cCarnegie Hall\u201d (USA), the National Music Hall of Taiwan.
\nIn cooperation with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sona Hovhannissyan and \u201cHover\u201d State Chamber Choir have performed a number of large-scale vocal-choral pieces and operas (\u201cIl Barbiere di Siviglia\u201d, \u201cI Pagliacci\u201d, \u201cMadama Batterfly\u201d, \u201cCavalleria Rusticana\u201d, \u201cEugene Onegin\u201d, \u201cAnouche\u201d, \u201cTosca\u201d, \u201cArtsvaberd\u201d, \u201cRing of Fire\u201d,\u201cLa Boh\u00e8me\u201d). In 2010 Sona Hovhannisyan was granted the title of \u201cHonored Worker of Art\u201d of the Republic of Armenia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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