The choir’s performances will be in Tsitsernakaberd, Yerevan State University, Chamber Music Hall after Komitas, as well as House of Culture of Ijevan.

The concert program includes works by the world famous composers of classical and spiritual music.

Chorus Charlotte from Tel Aviv was created by Eli Gefen in 1990. It is like a symbol of the hopes and values of those who crave peace and friendship. Also known as the Tel Aviv Choir of Eli Gefen, the ensemble has gained a significant reputation due to its wide repertoire, consisting of secular and religious works. They perform in the most famous concert halls in Israel. Abroad, they have already performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, in the presence of the princess (Britten: military requiem); Westminster Abbey (a ceremony of sacred songs in Hebrew); Festival in Covent Garden (Rossini: Moses from Egypt), as well as at the leading choral festivals in Europe – Malta, Madrid, Zaragoza, Borja, Prague, Rome and Lisbon. They have performed in the legendary palace of the Alcazar of Seville, also in San Juan de Dios of Granada (2007), as well as in Vienna.

They were heard by the US ambassador in Israel (2007). And in Jerusalem they have performed together with the Orchestra of Physicians from Hamburg (May 2008). The Cardinal of Vienna invited the Ensemble to Vienna in November 2008, where they dedicated the concerts “70 Years After Kristallnacht”, followed by the “sacred songs” ceremony in Bratislava at the University of Comenius, where the rector awarded the conductor Ali Gefen with the medal “Proclamation of a united Europe – the celebration of the Bells”. Special tours were given for the evangelical community of Hungary, as well as for Jewish communities in all three cities.

The choir performed in outstanding places throughout 2012/16; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Tel Aviv University, an association of Israeli journalists – a celebration of Daniel Pearl; 150th anniversary of the Austrian Hospice in Jerusalem in the presence of Karl von Habsburg, prince of the emperor and archduke of Austria and members of his family; Association of Veterans with Disabilities, Centenary of the Armenian Genocide in the Church of St. Gregory in Jerusalem; Club of lions; Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv University; Center of Music Blumenthal, Tel Aviv, etc.

Israeli choral conductor Eli Gefen was born in Bratislava. He studied violin at the accompanist of the Vienna State Opera and choral conducting under the direction of Gary Bettini and Simon Halsey. He was a soloist (baritone) in Israel’s leading choir and bassoonist of the Israeli chamber orchestra. As the chief conductor and music director of the youth orchestra of kibbutz and choirs, he received a first-class award at several competitions.