“GOHAR” CHOIR OF GYUMRI TO COME TO CITY SOON

ISTANBUL, AUGUST 18, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. According to
the “Marmara” daily, the “Gohar” choir of Gyumri will have four
performances at the Lutfu Gertare concert hall of Istanbul on October
9-12. The choir will leave for Turkey by the invitation and under
the patronage of the District Council of Samatia and the “Sahakian”
ward union. The head of the choir is Sepuh Abgarian, an Armenian from
Cyprus who has worked at the Melgonian seminary many years. Having
left Cyprus receintly, he devoted himself to the “Gohar” choir of
Gyumri, when brothers Khachatrians, Armenian art-lovers from Lebanon,
decided to found a choir perpetuating the name of their mother,
Gohar, in Armenia. The brothers wanted that the choir acts not in
the capital but in one of other cities of Armenia, and chose Gyumri.
Members of the symphonic orchestra, soloists, dancers, one pantomime
actor and others are in the 150-people staff of the choir.