Zangakner Performing Arts Ensemble Dedicates New Show to Mothers and the Motherland

The ensemble was also invited to perform as guest singers at many major events in the Armenian community both in Massachusetts and in New York.

Zangakner released their first recording, “Timeless Favorites by Armenian Children,” a CD that captures the best of the Armenian song repertoire and helps promote the wealth of the Armenian musical heritage.

Aside from her work with Zangakner, Konjoyan has given concert performances throughout the world, including in Italy, Canada, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain and Lebanon. In 2002, she founded Luys Zvart Children’s Choir and produced her first CD that same year. Subsequently, she was offered the position of Artistic Director and Conductor of the Kantegh Children’s Choir. This choir won the Golden Prize at the Children’s Art Competition-Festival in 2006. This was followed by her second CD, “Children to the World,” produced in Germany in 2007.

In 2009, Konjoyan was awarded the “Leading Teacher” designation in Yerevan. She was the founder and manager of the Luys Vocal Quintet, as well as a singer in it. This group recorded and produced two CDs in Germany, “Light to the World “(2003) and “Come to Light” (2004). In 2009 the CD “Luys” was produced in the United States and nominated as “Best Choral Album of the Year” in numerous competitions around the world.

Atabekyan, with a PhD in Piano Performance, is the winner of several international competitions, including France’s prestigious Pierre Lantier — Ober Piano Competition in Paris and the Aram Khachaturian Competition in Yerevan. She has appeared as a featured soloist with the Yerevan Symphony and Thessaloniki Symphony Orchestra on some of the finest stages in France, Greece and Armenia. For the last 10 years Atabekyan has been one of the professors at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki, Greece and the Drama Municipal Conservatory, Greece. Atabekyan recently moved to New England with her husband and their two children.

Fourteen-year-old violinist Gasparyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. At the age of five she moved to Greece with her family where began violin lessons with Marina Shelkova at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki Prep School. Having recently moved to the United States, Emily has continued her musical educational with New England Conservatory professor Andrew Taylor.