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HOVER CHAMBER CHOIR TO PERFORM IN BELGIUM
10:58, 5 September, 2013
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Hover Chamber Choir, which has
recently returned from Taiwan International Festival, is preparing
to win the hearts of the Belgians. Besides, the Armenian fans will
be provided with the opportunity to enjoy numerous premieres and
surprises by the end of the year of 2013, about which Armenpress was
informed by the Artistic Director of the Choir Sona Hovhannisyan.
- Hover Chamber Choir has recently participated in the Artsvaberd
opera premiere held in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. What do you
and the members of the Choir feel after the performance in Shushi?
- We returned from Artsakh two days ago. It was a perfect initiative.
You can watch the results on September 20 by the Public Television.
Such events in Shushi are being held quite seldom, unfortunately. The
people were very enthusiastic and happy.
- In August the Choir performed in Taiwan...
- In the beginning of August we took part in the Taiwan International
Festival. It was very well organized event. We have very good memories
connected with Taiwan. Our 9-members choir performed four concerts
there. We tried to introduce our modern music to the foreign audience.
During the Festival it was noted that our music is unique and differs
from the ones of the other cultures. We got stormy and warm reception,
as well as we got new invitations to participate in other events.
- What concerts are you preparing for now? Dou you have tours in the
nearest future?
- On September 17 we will perform spiritual music in the framework of
the "100 concerts commemorating victims of the Armenian Genocide". On
September 26 we are leaving for Belgium to participate in a festival,
where we will present only Armenian spiritual music. By the end of
the current year we will have several concerts in Armenia. On December
12-19 we will leave for France and will hold three concerts there.
(THE FULL INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)
Interviewed by Roza Grigoryan
Photos by Felix Arustamyan
The Armenian word Hover (wind) frequently occurs in beautiful folk
songs by Komitas, a revered name in Armenian sacred and folk music,
which is part of the choir's core repertoire. Wind is a primordial
element of nature and a life force - it is part of the 'ecology of
the soul', a spirit sweeping through time and, like an epic, legend
or tale.
This youthful, musically progressive chamber choir is proud to be
able to present Armenian music to the wider world. Both old and new
music from the Armenian nation has been a very well-kept secret. Hover
has been privileged to be able to be one of the most active Chamber
choirs in promoting Armenian music and the wealth of treasure with
which this beholds.
The internationally acclaimed, award-winning Hover: Chamber Choir of
Armenia was established in Yerevan, Armenia in 1992 as a performing
arts group, consisting of 26 singers many of whom are students,
or graduates, of the Komitas National Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia.
The choir is supported by donations and honoraria. The tale of Hover
began over ten years ago, and continues to evolve.
Hover is a musical ambassador for Armenia and Armenian music, winning
diplomas at the International Polyphonic Music Festival in Arezzo,
Italy in 1997 and the International Competition in Tours, France as
well as the gold medal at the International Choir Olympiad in Linz,
Austria in 2000. In September 2003 Hover toured Great Britain,
presenting concerts in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cambridge and London.
Among the major works it has performed in the past five years
are Bach's St John and St. Matthew Passions, Britten's Cantata
Misericordia, Buxtehude's Magnificat, Ludwig Basil's setting of St.
Gregory of Narek's Book of Lamentations, Requiems by Mozart and
Cherubini, Avet Terteryan's Sixth Symphony, as well as numerous
collections of Armenian sacred and folk music.
2003, Hover present Armenian music to the general public of the
United Kingdom, singing in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cambridge and London
to critical acclaim.
In 2003 Hover performed "Six Fables," a choral performance of Armenian
fabulist Vardan Aigektsi's Fables composed by Stepan Babatorosyan,
which has been characterized as a new genre in music culture.
2002, Hover performed with the renowned London Sinfonietta, singing
in the world premiere of Stephan Rostomyan's 'Entrance', conducted
by Diego Masson.
2001, the male staff of Hover were recorded for the soundtrack of
the eminent Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's movie, "Ararat".
Music critics in Armenia, Russia, France, Italy, Austria and the
United Kingdom have praised Hover for its timbre, precision and
sophisticated handling of close harmonies and complex rhythms of
Armenian, classical and especially modern works. The choir has a rich
and varied repertoire of Armenia and Western sacred and classical
works, folk songs and popular music. Hover's youthful energy and new
genres make an immediate connection with the larger listening public.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/731764/hover-chamber-choir-to-perform-in-belgium.html
From: A. Papazian
10:58, 5 September, 2013
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Hover Chamber Choir, which has
recently returned from Taiwan International Festival, is preparing
to win the hearts of the Belgians. Besides, the Armenian fans will
be provided with the opportunity to enjoy numerous premieres and
surprises by the end of the year of 2013, about which Armenpress was
informed by the Artistic Director of the Choir Sona Hovhannisyan.
- Hover Chamber Choir has recently participated in the Artsvaberd
opera premiere held in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. What do you
and the members of the Choir feel after the performance in Shushi?
- We returned from Artsakh two days ago. It was a perfect initiative.
You can watch the results on September 20 by the Public Television.
Such events in Shushi are being held quite seldom, unfortunately. The
people were very enthusiastic and happy.
- In August the Choir performed in Taiwan...
- In the beginning of August we took part in the Taiwan International
Festival. It was very well organized event. We have very good memories
connected with Taiwan. Our 9-members choir performed four concerts
there. We tried to introduce our modern music to the foreign audience.
During the Festival it was noted that our music is unique and differs
from the ones of the other cultures. We got stormy and warm reception,
as well as we got new invitations to participate in other events.
- What concerts are you preparing for now? Dou you have tours in the
nearest future?
- On September 17 we will perform spiritual music in the framework of
the "100 concerts commemorating victims of the Armenian Genocide". On
September 26 we are leaving for Belgium to participate in a festival,
where we will present only Armenian spiritual music. By the end of
the current year we will have several concerts in Armenia. On December
12-19 we will leave for France and will hold three concerts there.
(THE FULL INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)
Interviewed by Roza Grigoryan
Photos by Felix Arustamyan
The Armenian word Hover (wind) frequently occurs in beautiful folk
songs by Komitas, a revered name in Armenian sacred and folk music,
which is part of the choir's core repertoire. Wind is a primordial
element of nature and a life force - it is part of the 'ecology of
the soul', a spirit sweeping through time and, like an epic, legend
or tale.
This youthful, musically progressive chamber choir is proud to be
able to present Armenian music to the wider world. Both old and new
music from the Armenian nation has been a very well-kept secret. Hover
has been privileged to be able to be one of the most active Chamber
choirs in promoting Armenian music and the wealth of treasure with
which this beholds.
The internationally acclaimed, award-winning Hover: Chamber Choir of
Armenia was established in Yerevan, Armenia in 1992 as a performing
arts group, consisting of 26 singers many of whom are students,
or graduates, of the Komitas National Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia.
The choir is supported by donations and honoraria. The tale of Hover
began over ten years ago, and continues to evolve.
Hover is a musical ambassador for Armenia and Armenian music, winning
diplomas at the International Polyphonic Music Festival in Arezzo,
Italy in 1997 and the International Competition in Tours, France as
well as the gold medal at the International Choir Olympiad in Linz,
Austria in 2000. In September 2003 Hover toured Great Britain,
presenting concerts in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cambridge and London.
Among the major works it has performed in the past five years
are Bach's St John and St. Matthew Passions, Britten's Cantata
Misericordia, Buxtehude's Magnificat, Ludwig Basil's setting of St.
Gregory of Narek's Book of Lamentations, Requiems by Mozart and
Cherubini, Avet Terteryan's Sixth Symphony, as well as numerous
collections of Armenian sacred and folk music.
2003, Hover present Armenian music to the general public of the
United Kingdom, singing in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cambridge and London
to critical acclaim.
In 2003 Hover performed "Six Fables," a choral performance of Armenian
fabulist Vardan Aigektsi's Fables composed by Stepan Babatorosyan,
which has been characterized as a new genre in music culture.
2002, Hover performed with the renowned London Sinfonietta, singing
in the world premiere of Stephan Rostomyan's 'Entrance', conducted
by Diego Masson.
2001, the male staff of Hover were recorded for the soundtrack of
the eminent Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's movie, "Ararat".
Music critics in Armenia, Russia, France, Italy, Austria and the
United Kingdom have praised Hover for its timbre, precision and
sophisticated handling of close harmonies and complex rhythms of
Armenian, classical and especially modern works. The choir has a rich
and varied repertoire of Armenia and Western sacred and classical
works, folk songs and popular music. Hover's youthful energy and new
genres make an immediate connection with the larger listening public.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/731764/hover-chamber-choir-to-perform-in-belgium.html
From: A. Papazian