General Manager of Hover Chamber Choir

Hover Chamber Choir

Hover Chamber Choir was established in 1992 in Armenia by Sona Hovhannisyan and the students of Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory. Hover received the Gold Medal at the International Choir Olympiad in Linz, Austria in 2000, became a prize winner at the International Competition in Tours, France,...

, and since 2011 Producer, Country Armenia Director of YerazArt, Inc., Deputy Director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national orchestra of Armenia. It was founded in 1925 as a symphony orchestra of the Yerevan State Conservatory. Now it performs in Khachaturian Hall, Yerevan....

 and since 2011 General Producer, General Manager of the Komitas Quartet

Komitas Quartet

The Komitas Quartet is a string quartet musical ensemble founded in Moscow in November 1924, and is the oldest-established string quartet in the world still performing...

 in 2002-2011. One of few Armenian specialists in Arts Management. Currently living in Yerevan

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...

, Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

. Graduate of Yerevan State Linguistic University

Yerevan State Linguistic University

Yerevan State Linguistic University after Valery Brusov is a university in Yerevan, Armenia, which trains specialists in Russian, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish languages, practical psychology, history, political science, area studies and other humanities.-History: Yerevan State...

, 1992. Internee of Dublin Institute of Technology

Dublin Institute of Technology

Dublin Institute of Technology was established officially in 1992 under the but had been previously set up in 1978 on an ad-hoc basis. The institution can trace its origins back to 1887 with the establishment of various technical institutions in Dublin, Ireland...

, Ireland, 1996, Visiting Arts of the British Council

British Council

The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...

, London, UK, 1999, the Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University, 2004. As a journalist in 1992-1999 published a fanzine "Mark's Gazette" - chronicles dedicated to youth culture of Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

, mostly around Armenian rock

Armenian rock

Armenian rock describes a wide variety of forms of rock music made in Armenia or by artists of Armenian descent.Among the most recognized groups of Soviet era were Arthur Meschian's Arakyalner, "1+2", "Kaleidoscope", and "Bliki". Following the loosening of state control in the early 1980s, a number...

 music events, and literary works. First edition of its kind in Armenia. As a producer known due to work with Hover Chamber Choir

Hover Chamber Choir

Hover Chamber Choir was established in 1992 in Armenia by Sona Hovhannisyan and the students of Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory. Hover received the Gold Medal at the International Choir Olympiad in Linz, Austria in 2000, became a prize winner at the International Competition in Tours, France,...

 (2 CDs, 2 DVDs), Komitas Quartet

Komitas Quartet

The Komitas Quartet is a string quartet musical ensemble founded in Moscow in November 1924, and is the oldest-established string quartet in the world still performing...

 (3 CDs), Oaksenham

Oaksenham

Established in 2001 Oaksenham’s core consists of experienced musicians that played in a range of influential Armenian rock bands: Vahagn Papayan and Ashot Korganyan from the same progressive band very popular in 90s in Armenia Established in 2001 Oaksenham’s core consists of experienced musicians...

 (2CDs), ARTSRUNI (2CDs), YerazArt (4 CDs). As a festival producer co-organized Yerevan Baroque Music Festival and National Cello Festival from 2005 to 2009. As an NGO activist and project writer received grants from Eurasia Foundation

Eurasia Foundation

Eurasia Foundation is a publicly funded, privately managed grantmaker and program implementer working to strengthen civil society, advance private enterprise and promote public policy and administration in the successor states of the former Soviet Union—Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,...

, Open Society Foundation, Kurt Weill

Kurt Weill

Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...

 Foundation, Flora Family Foundation,
Orange Foundation in 1998-2010. As a lecturer worked at the Yerevan State Linguistic University

Yerevan State Linguistic University

Yerevan State Linguistic University after Valery Brusov is a university in Yerevan, Armenia, which trains specialists in Russian, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish languages, practical psychology, history, political science, area studies and other humanities.-History: Yerevan State...

 in 1993-1999. Family originated in Artvin

Artvin

-History:See Artvin Province for the history of the region.-Places of interest:* Artvin or Livana castle, built in 937There are a number of Ottoman Empire houses and public buildings including:* Salih Bey mosque, built in 1792...

, nowadays Turkey. Born in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

, Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

. Came to Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 in 1987. Married, three children.

External links

• Official site of Hover Chamber Choir
• Official site of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
• YerazArt, Inc
• Official site of Arman Padaryan
• Official site of Pianist Arus Adjemian
• Official site of the Komitas Quartet - 2002 - 2011
• Rhiz.eu
• New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock
• Interview at One World in 2005

Awards

• 2011 - Golden Medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia
• 2010 - Armenian National Music Award - The Best Classical Music Album, "Armenian Folk Miniatures", with the Komitas Quartet
  Komitas Quartet
  The Komitas Quartet is a string quartet musical ensemble founded in Moscow in November 1924, and is the oldest-established string quartet in the world still performing...
  
  
• 2010 - Karot Festival, Diploma
• 2009 - Armenian National Music Award- The Best Classical Music Project, the "Parallel" theatrical performance, with the Hover Chamber Choir
  Hover Chamber Choir
  Hover Chamber Choir was established in 1992 in Armenia by Sona Hovhannisyan and the students of Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory. Hover received the Gold Medal at the International Choir Olympiad in Linz, Austria in 2000, became a prize winner at the International Competition in Tours, France,...