ELZHBETA PENDERETSKAYA INVITES HOVER CHAMBER CHOIR TO TAKE PART IN BETHOVEN FESTIVAL
PanARMENIAN.Net
30.10.2009 19:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Hover State Chamber Choir and its Art Director
and Conductor Sona Hovhannisyan have praised Elzhbeta Penderetskaya,
organizer of Bethoven Festival.
"Hover and its genius conductor Sona Hovhannisyan demonstrated the
high-level professionalism which aroused my interest. The choir
has already been invited to participate in the festival I have been
conducting for 14 years now," Elzhbeta Penderetskaya told an October
30 news conference.
She also said that President Serzh Sargsyan has agreed to partially
cover funding costs upon her request.
Hover chamber choir came into existence in 1992 under General Director
and founder Sona Hovhannisyan, Associate Professor in Komitas State
Conservatory. It has taken part in international contests and enjoys
wide popularity among music connoisseurs worldwide.
The first Ludwig van Beethoven Festival devoted to the 170th death
anniversary of great composer was held in 1997. It was later included
in the cultural program traditionally accompanying the Holy Week.
Originally held in Krakov, Festival was moved to Warsaw in 2004. Every
year, its repertoire is replenished with the interesting and
significant achievements of international and European music. However,
a central role here belongs to Bethoven. Festival sonatas, quartets,
concerts, overtures, symphonies, oratoriums, operas and drama music
are performed by world-famous singers and musicians.