National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia

National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia.
Founded in 1962, the status of State Collective was conferred on the Orchestra only in 1966. 
The first director of the Orchestra and an Honoured Art Worker, Zareh Sahakiants played an inestimable part in foundation, establishment and fleet advancement of the Orchestra.  The established traditions were further developed and enriched by the subsequent directors or the orchestra - Kostandin Baghdasaryan (since 1975), Ruben Aharonyan (since 1982) and Aram Gharabekian (since 1997). The unique character of the orchestra has been greatly featured by the dedication of these brilliant figures of acute artistic temper. In 2011 Vahan Mardirossian has been appointed the Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of  NCOA.