{"id":2148,"date":"2018-04-30T10:06:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bard.mikado-themes.com\/?page_id=2148"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:34:23","slug":"choir-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ararchoir.com\/en\/choir-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" ><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInLeft fadeInLeft\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Biography<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 8px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\" ><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_2 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInRightBig fadeInRightBig wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInRightBig fadeInRightBig\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 5px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeIn fadeIn\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mkdf-section-title-holder align-new mkdf-st-standard mkdf-st-title-left mkdf-st-normal-space\">\n<div class=\"mkdf-st-inner\">\n<p class=\"mkdf-st-text\">ARAR Choir was established in 2012, in Yerevan, by conductor Gor Melkumyan. The choir performs in female and mixed staff. ARAR\u2019s repertoire includes multi-genre music pieces, which are performed by ten and more foreign languages. The choir cooperates with Armenian and foreign contemporary composers, conducts independent concert activities, at the same time cooperating with many individuals and organizations. In 2013, the choir released its first album. From 2013 to 2015, with the efforts of ARAR Choir, the choirs of musical schools of Koghb and Berdavan villages in Tavush region were founded. The choral pieces of the choir are included in the album \"Treasures of Music. Armenia\u201d, released in 2017. Since 2018, ARAR has been participating in the concerts dedicated to the International Day of Choral Art. In 2019, at the jubilee event dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Hovhannes Tumanyan, ARAR Choir performed a concert program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 14px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"mkdf-animation-holder mkdf-grow-in\" data-animation=\"mkdf-grow-in\" data-animation-delay=\"\"><div class=\"mkdf-animation-inner\"><div class=\"mkdf-single-image-holder   mkdf-image-behavior-moving\">\n    <div class=\"mkdf-si-inner\" style=\"background-image: url()\">\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\" ><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 14px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"mkdf-animation-holder mkdf-grow-in\" data-animation=\"mkdf-grow-in\" data-animation-delay=\"\"><div class=\"mkdf-animation-inner\"><div class=\"mkdf-single-image-holder   mkdf-image-behavior-moving\">\n    <div class=\"mkdf-si-inner\" style=\"background-image: url()\">\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 14px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeIn fadeIn\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mkdf-section-title-holder align-new mkdf-st-standard mkdf-st-title-left mkdf-st-normal-space\">\n<div class=\"mkdf-st-inner\">\n<p class=\"mkdf-st-text\">In 2020, the Choir published a collection of \"Romances\" by Persian-Armenian conductor-composer Geora Minassian.<br \/>\nConcert-lectures dedicated to philosopher-musicians are one of the most important projects of the choir, one of which the project \"Friedrich Nietzsche: Imbodied music\" held in 2021 for the first time in Armenia. In 2021 ARAR Choir performed at the concert dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the contemporary composer Yervand Yerkanyan.  In 2021 the Choir won the \"Gold Award\" of the \"World Peace Choral Festival 2021\". In 2021-2022 the conductor of the Choir - Gor Melkumyan and ARAR Choir took part in the project \"Komitas. The Land and the Song\". In 2022 ARAR choir won the second prize of the \"SILVER BELLS\" international festival of sacred music. In 2022 in the house-museum of Yeghishe Charents, the sound-library of the ARAR choir was installed, dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the poet. In 2022 the Choir organized and performed in a concert dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the famous Armenian sculptor Ara Sargsyan. 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