Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Sona Hovhannisyan<\/p>\n
\u201cHover\u201d State Chamber Choir has been founded and conducted by Professor of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, Honorary Worker of Art of the Republic of Armenia Sona Hovhannisyan. In 2017 the choir celebrated its 25th Anniversary.
\n\u201cHover\u201d State Chamber Choir is open to all genres of choral music. The choir appeared in prestigious concert halls and on the stages of \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, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Russia), \u201cCarnegie Hall\u201d, Lincoln Center \u2013 \u201cAlice Tully Hall\u201d (USA).
\nThe choir initiated different choral-theatrical performances, large-scale vocal-symphonic, operatic and chamber traditional as well as experimental projects as staging of the Dance songs by Komitas, choral-theatrical performances \u201c6 Fables\u201d, \u201cThe Parallel\u201d, adapted version of \u201cAnoush\u201d opera, non-traditional arrangements of folk songs of Aparan region, and participated in different regional and Artsakh projects.
\nThe choir permanently collaborates with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (ANPO), the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia (NCOA), the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia (SYOA), the \u201cYerevan Perspectives\u201d, \u201cGolden Apricot\u201d, \u201cKomitas\u201d, \u201cAram Khachaturian\u201d festivals as well as with a number of other orchestras, choirs and festivals in Armenia. In cooperation with Eduard Topchjan and the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra \u201cHover\u201d choir has realised the staging of dozens of operas (\u201cEugene Onegin\u201d, \u201cTosca\u201d, \u201cCavalleria Rusticana\u201d, \u201cIl Barbiere di Siviglia\u201d, \u201cMadame Batterfly\u201d, \u201cI Pagliacci\u201d, \u201cLa Boheme\u201d, \u201cArstvaberd\u201d and others).
\nThe choir appeared with concerts in Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Russia, Poland, Taiwan, Belgium, Estonia, Lithuania, USA, Lebanon, Switzerland and Slovenia. It has taken part in a number of international choral competitions and festivals in Linz (Austria), \u201cGaude Mater\u201d, \u201cLogos\u201d, \u201cLudwig van beethoven Easter Festival\u201d (Poland), \u201cFestival van Vlaanderen\u201d (Belgium), \u201cLes Sacrees Journees\u201d, \u201cMIDEM\u201d, \u201cPolyfollia\u201d (France) and Valery Gergiev’s Easter Festival, \u201c\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u201d (Russia), \u201cLa Fabbrica del Canto\u201d, \u201cS\u00fcdtirol\u201d (Italy), \u201cMustonenFest\u201d (Estonia), \u201cBeiteddine Art Festival\u201d (Lebanon), \u201cThe International Music Festival of Sion Valais\u201d (Switzerland), \u201cEmilia-Romagna\u201d (Slovenia) and \u201cRhein Vokal festival\u201d (Germany).
\n\u201cHover\u201d’s performances of compositions by S. Gubaidulina, R. Shchedrin, K. Penderecki, G. Kancheli as well as a number of other prominent contemporary composers have gained great appreciation. Hover State Chamber Choir has appeared with a number of prominent musicians and composers, among them G. Kremer, A. Mustonen, R. Shervenikas, D. Geringas, J. Nelson, M. Klauza, B. Kutavi\u010dius, L. Shambadal, F. Helgath.
\n\u201cHover\u201d State Chamber Choir was awarded a Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. The choir has recorded 7 CDs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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