Azerbaijan

The rules of using the name of Azerbaijan’s Shusha city [liberated from Armenian occupation in the 2020 second Karabakh war] have been determined, Trend reports. In this regard, a bill on amending the law “On Azerbaijan’s cultural capital – Shusha city” was discussed at the plenary session of the parliament on May …

It was an honor to visit the cultural capital of Azerbaijan, the Shusha city. The ADA university, Baku organized the Shusha International Forum on “South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation” (28th- 29th April 2022). The first day of the conference was held at Shusha, where I witnessed the robust development and …

The 5th “Kharibulbul” International Folklore Festival has today opened in Shusha, the cultural capital of Azerbaijan. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended the opening of the festival. X X X The 5th “Kharibulbul” International Folklore Festival, held in the “Year of Shusha” …

International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation through the preparation of various publications, carries out important work to popularize the activities of outstanding political, cultural, artistic people of the Turkic world. The purposeful policy of the national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev in the direction of preserving and studying …

Hamlet’s story was centuries old at the time that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, about 1599–1601. Hamlet corresponds to the figure of Amleth, whose story is narrated in the Gesta Danorum, Saxo Grammaticus’s late 12th-century history of Denmark. But the character’s famous hesitation—his reluctance or unreadiness to avenge his father’s murder—is central …

The Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum will host a master class on straw pattern weaving on Thursday, on the occasion of the May 5 – Azerbaijan’s Day of Carpet Makers. An experienced carpet weaver from the Kakalos village of Azerbaijan’s Astara district Rufat Rzayev will present the master class on the …

A duet of two talented Azerbaijani jazz musicians – pianist Afgan Rasul and vocalist Diana Hajiyeva will represent the country at Jazzahead 2022 exhibition and music festival held in Bremen, Germany. The music festival, which will last until May 1, is the most important and broadest international jazz platform bringing …

President of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva has met with deputies of the TURKPA Commission on Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Issues. President of the Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva spoke about the activities of the organization. “As you know, the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation was established …

Khankandi State Drama Theatre was founded in 1932 and named after Maxim Gorky, a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. The Theatre was included in the list of the immovable historical and cultural monuments of Azerbaijan on August 2, 2001. …

Some of the greatest classical music pieces have been performed at the International Mugham Center. The concert was held within the Mugham Center’s project “Evenings of Classical Music”. People’s Artist Gulnaz Ismayilova, Honored Artist Alexei Miltykh, Baku Music Academy`s  associate professors and teachers Konul Huseynova, Zuleikha Abdulla, Nargiz Salmanli, Gunel Kazimova, Sevda Mammadli, Zarif Karimova, laureates …