Yerevan State Conservatory elects new rector

The Yerevan State Conservatory’s scientific board on Tuesday conducted a voting to elect a new rector.

Sona Hovhannisyan, a merited artist of Armenia, won the election with 15 votes. Her sole challenger was Vagharshak Harutyunyan, a pianist and a former pro-rector, who received only eight votes.

A choir master by training, Hovhannisyan leads the national chamber choir Hover, which she founded in 1992 and which to date has performed concerts in many countries worldwide (including Italy, France, Germany, England, Russia, Slovenia, Lebanon, Poland, Switzerland, United States and Taiwan), appearing in different reputable concert halls (Teatro Dal Verme in Italy, Тhéâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, Cité de la Musique, Le Quartz in France, Strathmore Hall, Carnegie Hall in United States, etc).