In short
Hover State Chamber Choir
Hover State Chamber Choir is open to all genres of choral music. The choir appeared in prestigious concert halls and on the stages of “Teatro Dal Verme” (Italy), “Тhéâtre Nanterre-Amandiers”, “Cité de la Musique”, “Le Quartz” (France), “Strathmore Hall”, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Russia), “Carnegie Hall”, Lincoln Center – Alice Tully Hall” (USA), National Theater and Concert Hall of Taipei (Taiwan), The State Hermitage Museum's Hall (Russia) and others.
The 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 “6 Fables”, “The Parallel”, adapted version of “Anoush” opera, non-traditional arrangements of folk songs of Aparan region, and participated in different regional and Artsakh projects.
The choir permanently collaborates with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (ANPO), the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia (NCOA), the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia, (SSOA) the “Yerevan Perspectives”, “Golden Apricot”, “Komitas”, “Aram Khachaturian” 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 “Hover” choir has realized the staging of dozens of operas (“Eugene Onegin”, “Tosca”, “Cavalleria Rusticana”, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, “Madame Batterfly”, “I Pagliacci”, “La Boheme”, “Arstvaberd”, "Il Tabarro" and others.
The choir has recorded 7 CDs.
The 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 competition and festivals in Linz (Austria), “Gaude Mater”, “Logos”, “Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival” (Poland), “Festival van Vlaanderen” (Belgium), “MIDEM”, Valery Gergiev's Easter Festival, “Просветитель” (Russia), "Spiritual Music Festival of South Ural" (Russia), “Polyfollia” (France), “La Fabbrica del Canto”, “Südtirol”, “Les Sacrees Journees” (Italy), “MustonenFest” (Estonia), “The International Music Festival of Sion Valais” (Switzerland), “Emilia-Romagna” (Slovenia), “Beiteddine Art Festival” (Lebanon), and “RheinVokal festival” (Germany). The Choir participated in the Gala Concert of Francophonie Summit (Armenia).
Hover'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. Kutavičius, L. Shambadal, F. Helgath, A. Bocelli, T. Gurtu.
Hover State Chamber Choir was awarded a Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. In 2017 the choir celebrated its 25th Anniversary.
From 2013 to 2018 the VivaCell-MTS company (General Manager R. Yirikian) was the General Partner of the Hover State Chamber Choir. The Choir was also supported by “Luys” foundation till April (2018). These collaboration schemes considerably supported the choir’s activity. Starting from November 2018 the Choir's General Sponsor is "My Step" Foundation. Hover values regular participation in “Aurora” humanitarian initiative Gratitude in Action as well as the participation in “Golden Apricot” International Film Festival.
Hover State Chamber Choir has been founded and conducted by Professor of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC), Acting rector of YKSC since November 2018, Honorary Worker of Art of the Republic of Armenia Sona Hovhannisyan.