(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijan will host the 14th Uzeyir Hajibayli International
Music Festival on September 18-26, Azernews reports.
The festival will feature concert programs dedicated to
Azerbaijan's musical figures, young people, and much more.
Soloists, conductors, and musical groups from the USA, Norway,
France, Austria, Germany, Turkiye, Greece, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Georgia are invited to
take part in the festival.
Since 1995, September 18 has been celebrated as National Music
Day in Azerbaijan.
Starting in 2009, it was decided to hold the International Music
Festival devoted to well-known Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir
Hajibayli's creativity.
Numerous cultural events, including gala concerts and festivals,
are being held across the country as part of the celebration.
Musicians and collectives from Germany, Russia, Turkey, Georgia,
France, Bulgaria, and other countries take part in the
festival.
Uzeyir Hajibeyli laid the foundation of a national musical
style. He was the first composer of an opera in the Islamic
world.
The opera 'Leyli and Majnun' (1908) is based on traditional folk
music and dance, musical genres that relied on oral traditions.
Furthermore, the composer wrote his second opera 'Sheyx Sanan',
'Rustam and Sohrab', 'Asli and Karam', 'Shah Abbas', 'Khurshudbanu
and Harun' and 'Leyli' entirely based on the national folk music
elements, primarily mugham.
He also composed three comedies including, 'Husband and Wife'
(1910), 'If not this one, that one' (1911), and 'Arshin Mal Alan'
(1913).
'Arshin Mal Alan' or 'The Cloth Peddler' was the latest and one
of the most popular operettas of the eminent composer.
The operetta has been successfully performed in a plethora of
languages in over 60 countries of the world, including in the U.S,
Austria, France, China, Greece, India, Russia, and Turkey.
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