{"id":6513,"date":"2018-09-24T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T11:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/komitasmuseum.am\/en\/%d5%a3%d5%a5%d5%b2%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%a4-%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%a3%d5%a5%d6%81%d5%ab%d5%af-%d5%ad%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b4%d5%a2\/"},"modified":"2018-09-24T11:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T11:27:50","slug":"%d5%a3%d5%a5%d5%b2%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%a4-%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%a3%d5%a5%d6%81%d5%ab%d5%af-%d5%ad%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b4%d5%a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/komitasmuseum.am\/en\/%d5%a3%d5%a5%d5%b2%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%a4-%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%a3%d5%a5%d6%81%d5%ab%d5%af-%d5%ad%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b4%d5%a2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGEGHARD\u201d VOCAL ENSEMBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artistic director\u0589 Mher Navoyan<br \/>\nConductor\u0589 Anahit Papayan<br \/>\n\u201cGeghard\u201d Ensemble was founded in 2001 by soloist and conductor Anahit Papayan. This female ensemble consists of eight singers. The artistic director is Mher Navoyan, Doctor of Arts, professor, medievalist-musicologist, Honored Worker of Arts of RA.<br \/>\nBesides the Divine Liturgies sung each Sunday in St. Geghard Monastery (IV-XIII c.), the ensemble has also wide concert activities.<br \/>\nThe main aim of the ensemble is to present Armenian choral music in Armenia and abroad. The concerts are often accompanied by the lectures on Armenian music by the artistic director Mher Navoyan.<br \/>\nThe ensemble has collaboration with the Center for Armenian Sacred Music of the Ministry of Culture of RA.<br \/>\nThe program of \u201cGeghard\u201d vocal ensemble includes:<br \/>\nArmenian medieval monodies from the 5<sup>th<\/sup>to the 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries in solo and choral performances,<br \/>\nChoral arrangements of Armenian sacred and folk songs by Armenian classical and contemporary composers,<br \/>\nWorks of Armenian contemporary composers,<br \/>\nWorks of European classical and contemporary composers.<br \/>\nThe ensemble has had numerous concerts in Germany, Austria,\u00a0Finland, France, Czech Republic, Belarus, Poland, Italy, Belgium, Lebanon, Russia, Sweden.<br \/>\nRecent achievements are participation in the renowned Salzburg Festival and a concert in Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg).Among the festivals in which the Geghard Ensemble has participated especially are remarkable the \u201cMoscow Easter Festival\u201d (Russia), \u201cKirkko Soikoon\u201d in Finland, Sacred Music Festival \u201cVoix et Route Romane\u201d in Strasbourg (France), \u201cMusicfest\u201d of International Bachakademie in Stuttgart (Germany), \u201cBenefit\u201d concert series of St. Nicholas Church in Prague (Czech Republic), Internatioanl festival \u201cDes Vo\u00fbtes c\u00e9lestes\u201d of Vendee (France), \u201cMusica Sacra International\u201d in Marktoberdorf (Germany), \u201cAl Bustan\u201d in Beirut (Lebanon), \u201cInternational Academy of Sacred Music\u201d in St. Petersburg (Russia), etc.<br \/>\nIn 2010 the Ensemble has participated in two competitions of sacred music and has won the \u201cGrand Prix\u201d in the competition of Orthodox Church Music \u201cKolozhski Blagovest\u201d in Grodno (Belarus) and the first prize in the International Competition \u201cHajnowka\u2019s Days of Orthodox Music\u201d in Hajnowka (Poland), etc.<br \/>\nThe ensemble has released three CD-s: \u201dArmenian Music\u201d (2002), \u201cArmenian Altar\u201d (2005), \u201cMystery Deep\u201d (2013).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artistic director\u0589 Mher Navoyan Conductor\u0589 Anahit Papayan \u201cGeghard\u201d Ensemble was founded in 2001 by soloist and conductor Anahit Papayan. This female ensemble consists of eight singers. The artistic director is Mher Navoyan, Doctor of Arts, professor, medievalist-musicologist, Honored Worker of Arts of RA. 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