KOHAR in LA!
On Thursday night in Los Angeles Armenians from all around the south land got in their cars and headed to the Gibson Universal Amphitheatre to see KOHAR on what was to be the opening night of their tour.
I didn't know what to expect from this event. All I knew about KOHAR was that it involved a choir. A couple years ago one of my aunts bought my father a KOHAR DVD and one Sunday morning he sat on the couch and watched it for hours. Although I was upstairs I could hear the familiar music, my dad singing along and even clapping and shouting out bravos after certain songs. He was into it to say the least, so when I got an email from a friend announcing that KOHAR was going to be in town I forwarded the email to my family and we decided to go!
If you haven't already done so, I strongly recommend checking out their website. It's top notch quality! http://www.koharconcert.com/ That same quality was present in the programs, I was thoroughly impressed with the program. I was floored when I realized KOHAR involved dancers, and a full orchestra in addition to the choir! WOW! According to this LA Times review of the event there were 130 people on stage! I can't even imagine what it costs to fly those people all around from LA to SF to Detroit, Boston etc etc.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-koharweb20oct20,1,1628284.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
The orchestra sounded amazing! The choir was amazing! The dancers and their numerous costumes were amazing! The conductor was amazing! The soloist were ok, but I would have preferred straight up choir action sans the random soloists, but that's just me. I thought the selection of songs was brilliant and everyone (young and old) seemed to be enjoying the concert. There was a young child sitting near us who was enraptured and staring at the stage and even singing along. Another man sitting in the section next to ours stood up after one song and shouted praises, it was so cute. I even caught myself on numerous occasions tempted to shout out bravos, but I was able to restrain myself. I enjoyed KOHAR and was very proud that every single person on stage was Armenian!
It was great to see that many Armenians come out on a weeknight to see KOHAR. I'm sure if the event had taken place on a Friday or Saturday night it would have been a sold out event! I now understand why everyone raves about KOHAR and praises Mr. Khachatourian the benefactor who has financially supported KOHAR. What a great way to invest your wealth! By being a patron of the arts and enriching and preserving our culture! In my opinion there's no sweeter part to Armenian culture than that of song and dance!
I didn't know what to expect from this event. All I knew about KOHAR was that it involved a choir. A couple years ago one of my aunts bought my father a KOHAR DVD and one Sunday morning he sat on the couch and watched it for hours. Although I was upstairs I could hear the familiar music, my dad singing along and even clapping and shouting out bravos after certain songs. He was into it to say the least, so when I got an email from a friend announcing that KOHAR was going to be in town I forwarded the email to my family and we decided to go!
If you haven't already done so, I strongly recommend checking out their website. It's top notch quality! http://www.koharconcert.com/ That same quality was present in the programs, I was thoroughly impressed with the program. I was floored when I realized KOHAR involved dancers, and a full orchestra in addition to the choir! WOW! According to this LA Times review of the event there were 130 people on stage! I can't even imagine what it costs to fly those people all around from LA to SF to Detroit, Boston etc etc.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-koharweb20oct20,1,1628284.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
The orchestra sounded amazing! The choir was amazing! The dancers and their numerous costumes were amazing! The conductor was amazing! The soloist were ok, but I would have preferred straight up choir action sans the random soloists, but that's just me. I thought the selection of songs was brilliant and everyone (young and old) seemed to be enjoying the concert. There was a young child sitting near us who was enraptured and staring at the stage and even singing along. Another man sitting in the section next to ours stood up after one song and shouted praises, it was so cute. I even caught myself on numerous occasions tempted to shout out bravos, but I was able to restrain myself. I enjoyed KOHAR and was very proud that every single person on stage was Armenian!
It was great to see that many Armenians come out on a weeknight to see KOHAR. I'm sure if the event had taken place on a Friday or Saturday night it would have been a sold out event! I now understand why everyone raves about KOHAR and praises Mr. Khachatourian the benefactor who has financially supported KOHAR. What a great way to invest your wealth! By being a patron of the arts and enriching and preserving our culture! In my opinion there's no sweeter part to Armenian culture than that of song and dance!
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