Hover Chamber Choir was established in 1992 in Armenia

Armenia

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

 by Sona Hovhannisyan and the students of Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory

Yerevan State Musical Conservatory

Yerevan State Musical Conservatory or Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, is a conservatory located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1921 as a music studio, and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.-History:...

. Hover received the Gold Medal at the International Choir Olympiad in Linz

Linz

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, Austria

Austria

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 in 2000, became a prize winner at the International Competition in Tours

Tours

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, France

France

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, received diplomas at the International Polyphonic Music Festival in Arezzo

Arezzo

Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....

, Italy

Italy

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 in 1997.

Hover's rich and varied repertoire includes baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

, classical, contemporary, folk and sacred music. Among the major works premiered in Armenia are Bach

Bạch

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's St John and St Matthew Passions, Britten's Cantata Missericordia, as well as performed Requiems by Mozart and Cherubini, Avet Terterian

Avet Terterian

Avet Terterian was an Armenian composer, awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize. He was a friend and colleague of Giya Kancheli, Konstantin Orbelyan, and Tigran Mansuryan...

's Sixth Symphony, Stepan Rostomian's "Entrance" chamber opera (conducted by Diego Masson

Diego Masson

Diego Masson is a French conductor, composer, and percussionist.The son of artist André Masson and brother of the singer and actor Luís Masson, Diego Masson studied piano and composition at the Paris Conservatoire...

). Hover participated in concert performances of operas Madam Butterfly, Il barbiere di Siviglia, I pagliacci. Hover toured Great Britain

Great Britain

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, France

France

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, and Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. In 2007 the male contingent of the choir appeared in sacred music festivals in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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In 2008 performance of choral pieces by Penderecki was rated by the author as one of the best. The choir released numerous CDs and a DVD. The soundtrack to Ararat (movie) by Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...

 and the soundtrack for the restoration of Armenian first silent film "Namus" also have contributions from the Hover.

Discography

• Spiritual Choir Music by Ludwig Bazil (Venice
  Venice
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  , 1998)
• Armenian Voices (Pomegranate Music, USA 2002)
• Six Fables. Music by Stepan Babatorosyan to the fables by Mkhitar Aigektsi (Pomegranate Music, USA 2003; received Armenian Music Awards
  Armenian Music Awards
  Armenian Music Awards is an annual music awards ceremony first held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California on October 7, 1998. It was created and produced for the first eight years by Peter Bahlawanian who wanted to support Armenian artists and make Armenian culture more mainstream.Pipeline...
  
  )
• The Way (VEM, USA, 2005)
• Armenian Divine Liturgy by Komitas, (Hover Recordings, Germany
  Germany
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  , 2006)
• Armenian Folk Songs arr. by Komitas (Hover Recordings, Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  , 2007)