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Kohar Outshines With Its Genuine Music

KOHAR OUTSHINES WITH ITS GENUINE MUSIC

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 30 2006

GYUMRI, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. KOHAR Symphony
Orchestra and Choir of Gyumri with artistic director and conductor
Sebouh Apkarian will be participating in the context of “One Nation,
One Culture” All-Armenian Festival from 23 till 30 June in Armenia. The
official closing of the festival is entrusted to KOHAR, which will
take place on 30 June 2006, and will set the stage of the closing
event at the Republic Square of Yerevan, Armenia. End of last April,
Kremlin State Theatre witnessed KOHAR’s latest accomplishment during
two consecutive concert days. Almost 12,000 audiences were present
during these concerts, whereby KOHAR presented its trademark “All Time
Armenian Favourites” program with 150 performing artists; musicians,
choir members, soloists, dancers and a pantomime. The two-day events
were labeled by Armenian Muscovites as an unprecedented Armenian
festivity of genuine music and performance. KOHAR Symphony Orchestra
and Choir has performed in Nicosia, Beirut and Istanbul. Its “All
Time Armenian Favourites” DVD and CD is the first Armenian musical DVD
through its rendition and recording of Armenian music with interactive
and state-of-the-art features including subtitles of the songs,
which has won the International Intermedia Silver Award in Hamburg,
Germany and the “Anoush” Achievement Award during the 7th Armenian
International Awards in Hollywood, USA. The second DVD of KOHAR’s
“All Time Armenian Favourites” new program will be released by end
of this year, and will include live recordings from Istanbul and
Moscow concerts.

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