The Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory on Wednesday hosted the awards ceremony of the Golden Seeds Scholarship of Appreciation and Respect honoring famous Armenian-Lebanese opera singer Kevork Hadjian, who was killed on the Artsakh frontline during the 2020 war.
The Golden Seeds Scholarship has been launched by the Armenian Santa Claus charity fund, which awards it to talented students every six months in collaboration with the Komitas Conservatory and Hadjian’s family.
"Kevork Hadjian was a kind and honest man, a great singer. His devotion to his homeland, every inch of it, is clearly visible in his creative work," Gayane Geghamyan, chair of the Komitas State Conservatory Vocal Performance Department, said at the awards ceremony.
She highlighted that the singer performed in numerous countries around the world, representing the rich traditions of the Armenian musical culture. Geghamyan also noted that Kevork Hadjian had ...