Azerbaijani Mugham (traditional modal music) group Shirvan is representing the country in the largest music festival of the East "Sharq Taronalari", started in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on August 25. The Traditional International Festival will run till August 30, SIA reports citing AzerTAc.
The Azerbaijani delegation also includes mugham singer Elnara Abdullayeva, as well as Deputy Etibar Guliyev, adviser to the department of cultural policy of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Rashad Aliyev, PhD Lala Hajiyeva and honored art worker, Professor Zumrud Dadasheva.
Around 60 countries and almost 20 amateur groups including Latvia, Burkina Faso, Russia, Japan, Turkey, Austria, Georgia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, China, France, Madagascar, the United States, Thailand, Czech Republic, South Korea, Spain, Estonia, Egypt and others have confirmed their participation.
During the event, skills of the music forum participants will be assessed by the 11 members of the international jury from 10 countries. More than 31 foreign and 200 local journalists will be announcing the process of music forum.
International and theoretical conference will be held during the festival`s program.
So this year`s conference entitled "Musical traditions of the East" will be held in the context of contemporary culture, bringing together more than 30 leading science and art historians from 20 countries of the East.
"Sharq taronalari" ("Melodies of the Orient") is the international music festival held in Uzbekistan every two years under the auspice of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
The main objective of the project is to contribute to strengthening the ties of friendship and mutual understanding between the people and development of national music and song art, uniting people with different languages, culture and customs
The first festival "Sharq Taronalari" took place in 1997. It featured participation of music ensembles and performers from 31 countries.
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