Maestro Hovhannes Chekijian awarded with Ormanian Gold Medal

Hovhannes Chekijian, USSR People's Artist, RA Honored Art Worker, artistic director and chief conductor of the Armenian State Academic Choir, has received another award to be added to his large collection of prizes.

As Armenia’s Ministry of Culture reports, maestro Chekijian, who was invited to his birthplace Istanbul on the occasion of his 90th birthday anniversary, was awarded with Patriarch Malachia Ormanian Gold Medal at the St. Vardanants church.