Culture

By the 11th and 12th centuries, Baku had become a large commercial seaport on the Caspian Sea. For safety reasons, the Shirvanshah dynasty initiated a large-scale building project to strengthen the city’s fortification works. A fortress, protected with three rows of walls, was built around Baku, and also a deep …

The organizers of ANIMAFILM Baku International festival held a meeting with the pupils of Landau School in Baku. The children were happy to host Elchin Hami Akhundov, the well-known animation director of Azerbaijan. He took this opportunity to explain the process of creating animated films to the schoolchildren and answered …

There are many notable Azerbaijani composers who played a major role in shaping our world through their contributions to music. With nearly 110 musical pieces, Gara Garayev was undoubtedly one of the most highly regarded national composers. His originality and his ability to unveil the meaning and emotions through music has left …

The coastal Astara region of Azerbaijan is lushly forested and is known especially for its citrus fruits. Rising rapidly behind this narrow fringe, the first phalanx of wooded hills are vaguely evocative of South-East Asia with big slightly sparse tree cover on thin, red soil. Behind are folds of forested …

The English version of “The Gregorian Church as a tool of espionage against the Safavid state (17th-early 18th centuries)” book by head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, academician Ramiz Mehdiyev has been published at the Azerbaijan State Translation Centre (AzSTC). The book is the logical continuation of the academician Ramiz …

The first qualifying round of Miss & Mister Planet Azerbaijan 2019 was held at the Winter Park Hotel Baku. The jury consisted of TV presenter Samir Bayramli, singer Nura Suri, fashion designers Afag Ismayilzade and Ulker Huseynova, choreographer Mubariz Allahverdizade, journalist Vugar Vugarli, the head of Mario Russo Baku, Ruslan Mammadov, …

Azerbaijani tar musician Shahriyar Imanov performed in India. The musician took part in the festival in honor of one of the gods of Hinduism, Shiva, held in the city of Coimbatore on March 4-5. Shahriyar Imanov shared the same stage with Babir Bagirov and Shukur Aliyev, Day.Az reported. The audience was mesmerized …

Azerbaijan State Drama Theater will join the International Festival of National Theaters in Dagestan. The event will be held in Derbent, Izberbash and Makhachkala on April 22-29. The festival will open with the performance of the Atninsky Drama Theater. The play “Last Day” will be presented to the audience, Azertag …

Niyazi was one of the greatest conductors of Azerbaijani classical music. He was the son of Zulfugar Hajibayli (Uzeyir Hajibayli’s brother, also a famous composer). Having conducted in the symphonic orchestras in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, New York, Paris, Istanbul, London, Tehran, Beijing, etc., Niyazi made Azerbaijani classical music world-famous. …

Azerbaijan International Development Agency and Azerbaijan`s Embassy in Argentina have published a book on Azerbaijani carpets in Spanish language. Authored by renowned professor, Doctor of Arts Roya Tagiyeva, the book is called “Azerbaijani carpets at the crossroads of civilizations”. The book marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the …