YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS: An Armenian chamber orchestra that was renamed two years ago as Alan Hovhanes Chamber Orchestra, convened a news conference today to say that it has become 20 years old. The orchestra has been performing largely the music composed by Alan Hovhaness, a prolific US-born composer with Armenian blood, who melded Western and Asian musical styles to create a unique melodic blend of his own.
Hovhaness wrote more than 400 pieces, including at least nine operas, two ballets, more than 60 symphonies, and more than 100 chamber pieces. He was born Alan Chamakjian, in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1911. His mother was Scottish and his father, an Armenian chemistry professor.
An American concert pianist Martin Berkovsky who is in Yerevan to play a concert here, said he was impressed greatly by Armenian music.
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