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Magic evening of Azerbaijani, Italian music in Baku

01 December 2015 [10:19] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

Splendid sounds of two different musical cultures were woven into one in Baku on November 29.

The International Mugham Center opened its doors for concert entitled “Meeting of Mugham and Mediterranean music” with participation of Azerbaijani and Italian musicians.

Organized by the International Mugham Center, and supported by the Italian embassy in Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan-Italy association, the event featured the folk music of the two nations.

So far, the center has hosted musicians from across the world, but on that day music fans for the first time heard the impressive synthesis of Italian and Azerbaijani folks.

Addressing the evening, Italian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Giampaolo Cutillo thanked the organizers of the event.

He said the relations between the two countries in culture are developing successfully, adding that Azerbaijani musicians perform successfully in Italy, and Italians, in turn, in Azerbaijan.

The concert brought together many Italian guests, mostly residing in Baku, who admitted missed their folk music.

One of the Italian guests said he was happy to have the opportunity to hear the synthesis of folk music of his two peoples he loves mugham and Azerbaijani folk songs.

The concert started with brilliant show of Italian trio of Nando Citarella, Mauro Palmas and Gabriella Aiello, performing their national folk music. They performed not on the stage, but in the viewers hall, creating a special union of artists and the public.

"Tama Trio" combines three great artists who represent different regions of Italy.

For example, Mauro is from Cagliari, who performs folk music, works for film and television, as well as cooperates with a number of jazz musicians.

Nando, in turn, is a Neapolitan, and he is a key figure in the Neapolitan folklore. He is not just a musician and singer, but also an actor and folklorist scientist.

Usually, it is difficult to stir up guests from the beginning of the concert, but this time the performers succeeded. Many viewers even started dancing in their seats, keeping their applause.

Prominent artist such as Fikret Verdiyev (tar), Rafael Aliyev (kamancha), Khanlar Jafarov (garmon), Elshan Gasimov (nagara), staged after the Italian musicians, performing famous national music.

The musicians sang Azerbaijani and Italian music every time supporting one another on the stage. Despite they met just a day before the concert and they had only one rehearsal on stage they could create a great tandem on the stage.

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