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Azerbaijani Mugam mesmerizes Jerusalem

11 November 2014 [16:16] - TODAY.AZ

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By Amina Nazarli

The 15th International Oud Music Festival was held in Quds, Jerusalem. The Azerbaijani Mugam concert was also part of the event.

As Director of Azerbaijan Center of Culture of "AZIS", Yegana Salman noted that the concert hall was full of music lovers from all the regions of Israel and Palestinian territories.

They came to listen to Mugam by one of the famous and modern Khanende-singer from Azerbaijan, winner of many competitions and extraordinary singer Gochag Askerov.

From the very beginning of the concert, the hall was engulfed in a magic of unique voice of talented Gochag.

The magical music mesmerized listeners and kept them under its influence throughout the entire presentation.

Viewers got acquainted not only with the virtuoso performance of Mugham but also plunged into the atmosphere of Azerbaijani music where singing of the nightingale, and the murmur of a cool stream under the trees and even the Baku wind gusts could be heard.

From the first moments of the concert until the last, the audience was sitting in spellbound. They even did not move when the musicians left the stage.

The ovation lasted until the sound of fabulous melodies performed by masters of Azerbaijani folk instruments - tar, kamancha and nagara, each of which is undoubtedly a virtuoso in their art.

Several times applause interrupted the melody and drummer created a unique rhythm comparable only with the beating of the heart of amazing ensemble.

After the concert, the audience wanted to meet the singer at backstage.

They expressed their delight, thanked the musicians and shared their impressions.

Azerbaijani Mugham, a unique musical and poetic phenomenon, was created on the basis of historical and cultural traditions that have existed for centuries. It is one of Azerbaijan's most valuable monuments of the material and spiritual culture and the greatest achievement of Azerbaijani people's musical and poetic art.

Azerbaijan is proud of its national music. It has been able to preserve it during the hard times of the Soviet Union, when national art forms were out of favor. However, people gave their lives to save this form of art. It was even sent into space as a worthily sample of musical creativity of the world civilization.

Nowadays, Azerbaijan encourages the art of Mugham through holding international festivals and competitions. The International Center of Mugham was built in the form of tar in Baku in 2008.

As a pearl of Azerbaijani music art, Mugham, never stops developing and continues to take new forms. It is now more international attracting listeners from across the world.

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