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HOVHANNISYAN WINS SWISS COMPETITION
By Contributor on October 6, 2014
http://armenianweekly.com/2014/10/06/hovhannisyan-wins-swiss-competition/
Anush Hovhannisyan recently won the Concours Suisse Ernst Haefliger,
an international competition for young opera singers organized as
a joint-venture between the Konzert Theater Bern and the Menuhin
Festival in Gstaad, both of which rank among the most prestigious
cultural institutions in Switzerland.
Anush Hovhannisyan
The preliminary rounds of the competition were held during the Menuhin
Festival in Gstaad, and the final concert in the KonzertTheaterBern
with the Berner Symphony Orchestra. The competition is dedicated
to the legendary Swiss tenor Ernst Haeflige, who was born in
Davos, Switzerland, in 1919 and died in 2007. Out of more than 300
international applicants, 85 were chosen for the first round, 30 for
the semi-final, and 10 for the final round, who sung in the concert
performance with the Symphony Orchestra of Bern.
The jury was comprised of the directors of the Bern Opera Theatre,
the Zurich Opera House, the Flemish Opera Antwerp /Ghent, the Deutsche
Opera Berlin, the Theater Lucerne, and the Festival Aix-en-Provence.
The president of the jury was soprano Christiane Iven, professor at
the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich.
According to the press review of the final round in Bern, "The vocal
level at the 5th Concours Suisse Ernst Haefliger was impressively
high: The 10 finalists lined up in the Kultur-Casino next to the Bern
Symphony Orchestra on Sunday (Conductor: Lutz de Veer), providing
the audience with an entertaining concert making it difficult for
the jury to decide on the winner. After three and a half hours, the
Armenian Anush Hovhannisyan (born 1986, Yerevan) was chosen as the
winner of the First Prize. The spirited daughter of a theatre director
convinced the jury and audience not only with her expressive soprano,
but also by her stage presence."
Hovhannisyan began studying the violin at age six at the A.
Spendiaryan Music School, and went on to study singing at the Yerevan
State Conservatory, graduating in 2010, and at the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland as an AGBU-sponsored student, graduating in 2013. Her
roles have included the Forester's Wife ("The Cunning Little Vixen"),
Clara ("Betrothal in a Monastery"), and Helena ("A Midsummer Night's
Dream") for RCS/Scottish Opera, and Frau Fluth ("Die lustigen Weiber
von Windsor") for the RCS. She has performed at a Montserrat Caballe
Gala Concert in Zaragoza and appeared on BBC Radio 3's "In Tune"
singing live under Runnicles.
Hovhannisyan's many awards and scholarships include the Clonter Opera
Prize, the Margaret Dick Award, a Ye Cronies Opera award, the Bayreuth
Scholarship from the Wagner Society of Scotland, Third Prize at the
Les Azuriales International Singing Competition, and the Ian Smith
of Stornoway Award for Opera, awarded by the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland. She joined the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker Young
Artists Program for the 2013/2015 season. During this period, she sang
Frasquita ("Carmen") and Voice of the Falcon ("Die Frauohne Schatten"),
Inès ("La favourite") on the main stage and Princess ("El gato con
botas") in the Linbury Studio Theatre, covering the roles of Donna
Elvira ("Don Giovanni"), Mme. Lidoine ("Les dialogues des Carmelites"),
and Musetta ("La boheme"). She also sang the soprano solo in Francis
Poulenc's "Gloria" for the Royal Ballet and Verdi's Requiem for the
ROH education tour in France. On April 14, she gave an outstanding
solo recital at the Crush Room, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
For more information about Anush Hovhannisyan, visit
www.anushhovhannisyan.co.uk.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
By Contributor on October 6, 2014
http://armenianweekly.com/2014/10/06/hovhannisyan-wins-swiss-competition/
Anush Hovhannisyan recently won the Concours Suisse Ernst Haefliger,
an international competition for young opera singers organized as
a joint-venture between the Konzert Theater Bern and the Menuhin
Festival in Gstaad, both of which rank among the most prestigious
cultural institutions in Switzerland.
Anush Hovhannisyan
The preliminary rounds of the competition were held during the Menuhin
Festival in Gstaad, and the final concert in the KonzertTheaterBern
with the Berner Symphony Orchestra. The competition is dedicated
to the legendary Swiss tenor Ernst Haeflige, who was born in
Davos, Switzerland, in 1919 and died in 2007. Out of more than 300
international applicants, 85 were chosen for the first round, 30 for
the semi-final, and 10 for the final round, who sung in the concert
performance with the Symphony Orchestra of Bern.
The jury was comprised of the directors of the Bern Opera Theatre,
the Zurich Opera House, the Flemish Opera Antwerp /Ghent, the Deutsche
Opera Berlin, the Theater Lucerne, and the Festival Aix-en-Provence.
The president of the jury was soprano Christiane Iven, professor at
the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich.
According to the press review of the final round in Bern, "The vocal
level at the 5th Concours Suisse Ernst Haefliger was impressively
high: The 10 finalists lined up in the Kultur-Casino next to the Bern
Symphony Orchestra on Sunday (Conductor: Lutz de Veer), providing
the audience with an entertaining concert making it difficult for
the jury to decide on the winner. After three and a half hours, the
Armenian Anush Hovhannisyan (born 1986, Yerevan) was chosen as the
winner of the First Prize. The spirited daughter of a theatre director
convinced the jury and audience not only with her expressive soprano,
but also by her stage presence."
Hovhannisyan began studying the violin at age six at the A.
Spendiaryan Music School, and went on to study singing at the Yerevan
State Conservatory, graduating in 2010, and at the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland as an AGBU-sponsored student, graduating in 2013. Her
roles have included the Forester's Wife ("The Cunning Little Vixen"),
Clara ("Betrothal in a Monastery"), and Helena ("A Midsummer Night's
Dream") for RCS/Scottish Opera, and Frau Fluth ("Die lustigen Weiber
von Windsor") for the RCS. She has performed at a Montserrat Caballe
Gala Concert in Zaragoza and appeared on BBC Radio 3's "In Tune"
singing live under Runnicles.
Hovhannisyan's many awards and scholarships include the Clonter Opera
Prize, the Margaret Dick Award, a Ye Cronies Opera award, the Bayreuth
Scholarship from the Wagner Society of Scotland, Third Prize at the
Les Azuriales International Singing Competition, and the Ian Smith
of Stornoway Award for Opera, awarded by the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland. She joined the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker Young
Artists Program for the 2013/2015 season. During this period, she sang
Frasquita ("Carmen") and Voice of the Falcon ("Die Frauohne Schatten"),
Inès ("La favourite") on the main stage and Princess ("El gato con
botas") in the Linbury Studio Theatre, covering the roles of Donna
Elvira ("Don Giovanni"), Mme. Lidoine ("Les dialogues des Carmelites"),
and Musetta ("La boheme"). She also sang the soprano solo in Francis
Poulenc's "Gloria" for the Royal Ballet and Verdi's Requiem for the
ROH education tour in France. On April 14, she gave an outstanding
solo recital at the Crush Room, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
For more information about Anush Hovhannisyan, visit
www.anushhovhannisyan.co.uk.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress