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Uzeyir Hajibayli is the founder of Azerbaijani written music and author of the first opera in the East. He was close to traditional Azerbaijani music and sought to maintain its best features in his own compositions. Uzeyir Hajibayli was born into an educated family in the heart of Karabakh-Shusha. The …

Lake Goygol is Azerbaijan`s most fascinating lake. Nestled in the Lower Caucasus Mountains a short distance from Ganja, Azerbaijan`s second city sits on the almost elusive Lake Goygol. Greater Goygol area is often split into 19 lakes. A 12th-century earthquake created the mountain lake, which sits 1500 metres above sea …

Green Book has won the Oscar for best picture at the 91st Academy Awards. Bohemian Rhapsody, directed by Brian Singer, won four out of the five Academy Awards it was nominated for. Alfonso Cuaron took the best director award for Roma, as well as a victory in the best foreign …

Gara Garayev, the world-known Azerbaijani composer, was born in Baku in 1918. The musical legacy of Gara Garayev is immense. He left nearly 110 pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, piano solos, cantatas, songs and marches. Garayev was a student of Shostakovich whose music is heavily indebted to …

Twenty artists have gathered at Art Villa Gallery to create wonderful art works for UN park in Azerbaijan. The park will be laid out as part of H.E.Art art project, Trend Life reported. In the park created jointly by the United Nations and Arts Council Azerbaijan, talented artists will present the  paintings …

Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater has strengthened and expanded its relations with internationals partners. World-famous operas will be presented in Belgrade, Trend Life reported. The projects will be held as part of the cooperation with the Serbian National Opera Theater. “La Boheme” opera by Giacomo Puccini will be staged on February 23. The libretto is …

On 8 March, a talented Italian jazz musician, virtuoso player, winner of jazz festivals and worldwide famous Fabio Lepore will perform in Baku with a magnificent music program dedicated to International Women’s Day at the Landmark Rotunda Jazz Club. One of the most interesting Italian singer Fabio Lepore could attract …

March 16 marks the 79th anniversary of  the founder of Azerbaijani jazz-mugham, honored art worker Vagif Mustafazade. On the eve of this date, friends and colleagues of the jazzman, fans of his music will gather in Moscow. The birthday of jazz legend will be held at Igor Butman Club on …

A concert titled “My Azerbaijan” of the Azerbaijan State Dance Ensemble within the “Turkey-Azerbaijan Common Heritage” program was hosted in Istanbul, Turkey. The event was organized by Khazar Folklore, Education, and Research Center – Hazarfem, Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture, State Diaspora Committee of Azerbaijan and State Philharmonic of Azerbaijani, and …

An exhibition titled “Upon request. The Russian Avant-Garde Collection of the Regional Museums, 1900-1930. Part 3” has opened at the Heydar Aliyev Center. Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition. Addressing the event, executive director of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Anar Alakbarov …