“I really would like to express my admiration about the musical class of this choir; during those 10 days in France, they gave performances that were of exceptionally high quality. The 10 singers of the group are simply brilliant! And whatever their repertoire is, the director Hasmik Vardanyan knows how to lead them to perfection. Thank you Armenia for allowing them to be ours at least for a short time!”
“Thank you for the momentum of music, for the purity, and the feeling… Excellent work, exceptional voices, profound talent! Undeniably, this is a superb choir!!!”
MICHEL DYUMA, ART CRITIQUE, FRANCE 1997
“A very different approach – transparency of voices, astonishing vocal nuances, mesmerizing and enchanting… A work of Art!”
“The evening started off quite mysteriously and ended with an exceptionally beautiful piece called “Enchantment.” We had an opportunity to hear a choir of extraordinary quality, which captivated the large audience of the festival. Bravo to all the members and congratulations to the choir master!
“I have never heard a choir this enchanting….I’m happy that I heard the “voices of Armenia.”
They are ten young women, the ambassadors of their faraway-land Armenia, participating with their choir from Yerevan in the Brive’s Orchestada, directed by the master hands of Hasmik Vardanyan. A perfect harmony is created with each performance; the vast range of diapason, and repertoire that encompasses a very large spectrum – from the Western European Bach, Brahms, and Strauss, to the Eastern masters of Komitas and Shnorhali – it is this spectrum that enables them to ascertain their mastery of technique.
And thus, during that evening in Brive, they traced the trajectory of the entire history of music – from Renaissance, to nowadays, singing even “Negro Spirituals” – frankly, quite far from their own culture. The women of Armenia in their “pink dresses” astounded the audience, singing for one and a half hour without a break, and with an incredible small group of 10! Meanwhile, the audience was calling them back to stage over and over….
“I’m enchanted from the concert of “Yerevan Voices” Women’s Chamber Ensemble …My deep appreciation and best wishes to the talented choir master Hasmik Vardanyan and her inseparable group.”
“I had a great pleasure to be present at the concert of “Yerevan Voices” Women’s Chamber Ensemble … I imagine the hardships they had been through – ignoring the cold and the darkness, the choir and their brilliant director has achieved such heights. With their art they broaden the horizons of our lovely Yerevan and reach out far and large.”
“Congratulations to “Yerevan Voices” Women’s Chamber Ensemble and their brilliant artistic director and conductor for the “Renaissance” of the choir. I wish them prolific artistic life and rising career, as well as numerous such outstanding concerts.”
“One of the most noteworthy aspects of choir is the fact that it interprets the piece of music in a very unique but yet quite convincing manner; it unmistakably conveys the style and the spirit of the era that the piece represents.”
“The director, choir master and musicologist Hasmik Vardanyan refreshed the quality of the sound, the performing technique, as well as the team and the repertoire! The new director brought a new conceptual approach, a new quality and a new model. As in the times of its predecessor, the performance of the new group had an outstanding success in the Chamber Music Hall. The audience was in awe with the clarity and simplicity of the presentation of choral music, and the professional high level of performance.”
Hasmik Vardanyan became the carrier of the musical heritage and the artistic spark that she has received working with Arthur Veranyan. Being a subtle musician, she was able to skillfully develop the quality of the choir and expand its further growth… The anniversary of the choir was celebrated with an exceptional concert with brilliant performance.