The Symphony Orchestra & Choir quickly grew in popularity with its initial outdoor concerts on the premises of KOHAR in Lebanon, which attracted interest from locals and overseas visitors.

KOHAR's first major concert tour, All Time Armenian Favourites, took place in the summer of 2002, in Cyprus and Lebanon, and it spread over four days.

[citation needed] In October 2005, Istanbul, Turkey, had KOHAR’s All Time Armenian Favorites Tour.

KOHAR made its North American debut at the end of 2007 and visited the major cities of the US and Canada.

The North American Tour of KOHAR began on October 18, 2007, in Los Angeles, and moved to San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, and Montreal, before ending with New York’s Carnegie Hall on November 20, 2007.

[citation needed]Over 10,000 spectators, in addition to tens of thousands of TV and Internet viewers from Armenia and the Diaspora, watched KOHAR’s performance.