Azerbaijani Shusha To Host 'Kharibulbul' International Music Festival
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5. The Heydar Aliyev
Foundation and the Ministry of Culture will organize 'Kharibulbul'
International music Festival in Azerbaijan's cultural capital
Shusha on May 9 through 11, 2023, trend reports via the ministry.
Within the framework of the festival, concert programs,
exhibitions and various presentations will be held.
In 2023, the city of Shusha was declared by the International
Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) as the 'Cultural Capital
of the Turkic World'.
The 'Kharibulbul' International Music Festival will also be
attended by creative teams of TURKSOY countries, Turkic-speaking
countries and peoples of the region.
On May 12, 2023, the official opening of the 'Shusha - cultural
capital of the Turkic world 2023' event will take place.
The International Music Festival held in Shusha city and other
areas of Azerbaijan's Karabakh region in May 1989-1991 was again
held in the city on May 12 and 13, 2021 after a 30-year break [due
to Armenia's occupation of Shusha until the 2020 second Karabakh
war] under organization of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
The 5th 'Kharibulbul' International Folklore Festival was held
in Azerbaijan's Shusha from May 12 through May 14, 2022.
Since 1990, the Kharibulbul festival has received international
status. The invitation of folklore groups from foreign countries
such as the Netherlands, Germany, Israel, and Türkiye to the event
aroused great public interest. Due to the difficult situation in
Shusha as a result of Karabakh conflict, the main events of the
festival began to be held on the territory of Aghdam, and some
concerts were held in Barda and Aghjabadi cities. In total, about
170 people from around the world took part in the second
festival.
The third festival took place in 1991. It was attended by nearly
300 people from 25 countries. Due to the large number of
spectators, the concerts were also held at the stadiums.
The final concerts of the 2-nd and 3-rd festivals were held in
Baku at the Heydar Aliyev Palace.
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