Opera diva, folk singer, classical piano virtuoso, French chanteuse, jazz improviser, new age and sacred music composer – to say that Armenian artist Lucineh Hovanissian is
a musician is to say that Niagara is just a waterfall.
Kathleen Cerveny, Cleveland Foundation
Photo Credit: Katariina Anttila
Haapavesi Music Festival, Finland
Whether performing solo or with the band, she captivates the public by her charisma.
Lucineh's songs bear hidden magic for the listener.
Tigran Mansurian: GRAMMY nominated composer, Armenia
Lucineh is a true “renaissance woman”;
a highly gifted musician – a superb improviser, composer, singer and poet...
Todd Wilson, American organist, organ curator of the Cleveland Orchestra
A 9 ans, elle faisait ses premiers concerts et à 11 ans elle se présentait comme pianiste compositrice. Également médecin et journaliste, cette femme aux talents nombreux sait nous envoûter avec son répertoire très spirituel, bâti entre autres sur des chants traditionnels arméniens.
BASSENS ACTUALITES, France
Une musique qu’elle consacre à l’exploration de l’âme, pour permettre à l’être de se retrouver à la croisée des temps, des distances et des styles…
Le Devoir, Canada
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Credit: Hakob Khalatian
Born in Yerevan (Armenia), Lucineh Hovanissian has been performing on stage since the age of 9 as a soloist singer in Yerevan’s Municipal Park children’s Band.
She studied piano and composition at music school, and at the age of 11 began performing as a pianist-composer.
After entering State Medical University she started classes in the voice department at the Yerevan Conservatory and was soloist in the Armenian Public Radio Chamber Choir.
Lucineh received numerous awards including the Unesco-Aschberg award in music in 2003.
She released 4 albums, authored German short film’s music, has toured
in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, USA, Canada and has shared the stage with Tinariwen,
Maurice El Medioni, Juhani Aaltonen, A Filetta. Her appearances include France Culture, Finnish Radio, WDR-Germany, CBC-Radio Canada.
As visiting artist Lucineh was in residence at Symphony Space (New York), Cité des Arts Internationale (Paris), Cleveland (Cleveland Foundation), Villa Straeuli (Winterthur, Switzerland), Visby International Centre for Composers (Sweden).
She holds an M.D. 'cum laude' from the Yerevan State Medical University and had specialization in brain studies at Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris.
Lucineh speaks five languages and is also lecturer and researcher-publicist: her scientific interests area includes Emotions, Music & Mind; Neurophilosophy and Human Ecology.
©Hovanissian 2018