Culture

The Shusha State Musical Drama Theater will open the 148th season on October 9. The theater team will please the audience with new play “The Rabbit’s Birthday”, written by Khanimana Alibeyli. The Rabbit’s Birthday is directed by Honored Artist Logman Karimov, production designer is Valeh Mammadov. The play will bring together  Ayshan Mirzaeva, …

As noted, the international youth-political forum “Jastar-Otanga!” organized by The Eurasian Regional Center of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF-ERC) and the Youth Wing МК “Jas Otan” under the “Nur Otan” Party successfully started its work. The main purpose of the forum is to develop the leadership and communication skills of …

Azerbaijani Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) Sabina Aliyeva has issued a statement on the first anniversary of cluster bomb attacks on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export oil pipeline launched by the Armenian armed forces. The statement reads: “As it has been repeatedly reported to the global community, starting from 27 September of …

October 3 marks the birthday of Sergei Yesenin, one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. The poet’s 126th anniversary has been solemnly marked at the Russian Information and Cultural Center in Baku. Rustam Huseynov’s documentary “Sergei Yesenin in Baku” was screened as part of the event. The film …

Nizami Ganjavi International Center has celebrated 9th anniversary since its establishment, Trend reports. Nizami Ganjavi International Center is a cultural, non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to the memory of great Azerbaijani poet, Nizami Ganjavi and to the study and dissemination of his works with a mission to build a dialogue and understanding between …

Celebrated every year on 30th September, International Translation Day is an opportunity to remember the importance of translators, interpreters, terminologists and everyone else in the profession. After more than a year of COVID-19 keeping us apart, this year’s theme is “United in translation“. International Translation Day is meant as an …

The beauty and grace of the Karabakh horse have been glorified worldwide. This magnificent horse breed is considered one of the rare horse breeds in the world and the oldest in Asia and the Caucasus. Karabakh horse has inspired Latvian artist and photographer Dace Strausa to create a series of paintings dedicated …

National Music Day has been celebrated at YARAT Contemporary Art Space. Head of the international relations department of the Azerbaijan National Conservatory, curator of art projects, expert of the Culture Ministry on Intangible Cultural Heritage Jahangir Selimkhanov addressed the event. The musicologist provided insight into the history of the Azerbaijani music and the …

Great Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibayli’s “Koroghlu” opera has been released on world music platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Yandex Music, Tidal, etc. Honored Artist, famous conductor Ayyub Guliyev, Honored Cultural worker, sound engineer Faig Babayev took part in the project initiated by the director of the Heydar Aliyev Palace Ramil Gasimov. The main …

At the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation within the framework of the event dedicated to the outstanding cultural figure of Azerbaijan and the entire Turkic world, composer, musicologist, publicist, playwright, pedagogue, author of the first opera and operetta in the East, founder of the Azerbaijan national music school Uzeyir …