"SHNORHALI" CHOIR OF CATHOLICOSATE OF GREAT HOUSE OF CILICIA GIVES ANNUAL PERFORMANCE FOR ARMENIAN AND FOREIGN AUDIENCE
Noyan Tapan
Apr 17 2007
ANTELIAS, APRIL 17, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The choir
"Shnorhali" (conductor Zakar Keshishian) of Catholicosate of the Great
House of Cilicia gave an annual performance recently in the Assembly
Hall of the American University of Beirut.
According to the press service of Catholicosate of the Great House
of Cilicia, the aim of the concert was to put new vibrance into the
cultural life of the Lebanese Armenian community, especially after
war hardship suffered by Lebanon.
The concert presided by Catholicos Aram I was attended by foreign
diplomates, ambassadors of a number of European countries, the
president and teaching staff of the American University of Beirut,
representtaives of political organizations, members of cultural and
charitable unions, as well as by Armenian and foreign music lovers.
During the concert that lasted for an hour and a half, works of
Yervand Yerkanian, Ruben Altunian, Nerses Shnorhali, Komitas, Barsegh
Kanachian, Tatul Altunian and others were performed.