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Azerbaijani virtuoso violinist mesmerizes with impressive repertoire

11 January 2016 [10:40] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Laman Sadigova

Azerbaijani virtuoso violinist Anar Yusifov is an owner of a unique violin, which was produced in 1862 by the famous Italian violin maker Giovanni Gusetto.

Jazz, latino, pop lyrics, electronic music – this bright and many-sided person is engaged in many sides of art. The last time he made a performance in Baku in March 2012 on the stage of the State Russian Drama Theater named after Samad Vurgun.

More than twenty years ago, Anar Yusifov left his native Baku for Moscow. Over the past period he played a huge number of concerts and his repertoire of works is impressive -- from world classics to jazz and contemporary pop music.

He thinks that it is possible to “train” an absolute musical ear. Yusifov was transferred from simple music school to a special Conservatory named after Bulbul. When parents asked him about his wish to become a violinist, he said that he is ready.

“I do not want to offend musicians playing other instruments, but the violin is indeed unique. In shape it resembles a woman's body and its voice sounds similar to the female’s range soprano and mezzo-soprano,” the musician said.

In his “Golden Violin” project he tried to show the audience different styles of the music, trends and ages.

In his second original project titled "Seasons of the year - Jazz Times" he prepared a series of works by Antonio Vivaldi "Four Seasons" and invited well-known jazz quartet The Moscow jazz passengers.

Classical music in its purest form is designed for the prepared listener. But music went through revolution and changed over the past 20 years. Now we can listen to classical music in pop style, in any accessible format.

“When your motherland is next door, the wings grow by themselves, but when you are alone, then, figuratively speaking, these wings attach themselves,” Anar says.

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