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Kerovpyan Virginia Pattie

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http://kotchnak.online.fr/ KOTCHNAK ARMENIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE Ensemble members

Virginia Pattie Kerovpyan, the female vocalist of the ensemble, was born in Washington, D.C. While in the USA, she studied singing and sang in various chorales and early music ensembles as both chorist and soloist. Upon her arrival in France, she continued her voice studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Musique de Paris and at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique. Virginia Pattie Kerovpyan has performed and recorded with early music ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Ensemble Guillaume de Machaut de Paris, Per Cantar e Sonar, l'Offrande Musicale, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy. In 1976, she formed with Rouben Haroutunian the duo that would later become Kotchnak and in 1985 helped to form the ensemble of Armenian liturgical chant, Akn.