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Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater offers a free streaming of the best opera and ballet productions, following the coronavirus outbreak.

The program features world-famous operas, including "Swan Lake", "La Boheme", "Rigoletto", "Giselle", "Leyli and Madjnun", "Koroghlu" as well as ballets "Seven beauties", "Maiden Tower" and much more. 

Below you can find the program of the online performances for May 2020:

02 May (7 p.m. /local time) - P.Tchaikovsky - “Swan Lake” (join performance with the Bolshoi Theater)

03 May ( 7 p.m.) - G.Puccini - " La Boheme" opera

06 May (7 p.m.) - G.Garayev -  "Seven beauties" ballet

09 May (7 p.m.) - A.Badalbeyli - "Maiden Tower" ballet

10 May ( 7 p.m.) - Uz.Hadjibeyli -  "Koroghlu" opera

13 May ( 7 p.m.) - N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov- "Scheherazade"

16 May ( 7 p.m.) - Uz.Hadjibeyli- "If not this, let it be another"

17 May ( 7 p.m.) - G.Verdi- "Rigoletto" (join performance with the Kiev State Opera)

20 May ( 7 p.m.) - Uz.Hadjibeyli - "Leyli and Madjnun" (first opera in the East)

23 May ( 7 p.m.) - G.Verdi - "Trovatore"

24 May ( 7 p.m.) - G.Garayev’s ballets "Leyli and Madjnun" and "Don Quichotte"

27 May ( 7 p.m.) - Uz.Hadjibeyli "Cloth Peddler"

30 May ( 7 p.m.) - A.Adan - "Giselle"

31 may ( 7 p.m.) - G.Verdi - "Traviata"

You can watch the above mentioned productions live-streamed on YouTube.

For more information, please visit the theater`s official Instagram and Facebook. 

Azerbaijan`s talented violinist Kamran Omarli will perform an online concert on April 25.

The concert will be streamed on the official Instagram of Baku City Main Department of Culture as part of "Senetinle Destekle" challenge".

Since 2012, Kamran Omarli studies at the Reina Sofía School of Music and the Telefónica Violin Chair with Professor Zakhar Bron. He has been granted tuition and an accommodation scholarship by Rocío González Raggio.

The musician has been handed by Her Majesty Queen Sofía the Diploma for the most outstanding student of his chair of the 2015-2016 academic year. 

He has been a member of the School’s Freixenet Orchestra conducted by Pablo González, András Schiff, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Stefan Lano, and of the Sony Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of Antoni Ros Marbà. 

Likewise, Kamran Omarli has been part of the Amadeus Ensemble and the Asisa Óscar Esplá Quartet, with which he was awarded in 2014 the Diploma to the most outstanding chamber group of its department. He is currently part of the Fundación Mahou San Miguel Ensemble. He plays a "Yuri Pochekin" violin, loaned as instrument grant by Professor Zakhar Bron.

Icherisheher State Historical and Architectural Reserve invites you to join a charity auction, aimed at supporting artists during coronavirus pandemic.  

The auction will feature a series of paintings by Azerbaijani artists Bahruz Kangarli, Vusala Agarzayeva, Orkhan Garayev, Imran Mehdiyev, Sayali Mammadova, reflecting the current situation with COVID-19 in the world. 

These works will be exhibited in an online format at a special closed auction at midnight on April 24. The auction will last until April 27, 12:00.

Note that bets on exhibited works will be held in a closed format - so everyone who wants to buy a work of art of a particular artist will be able to increase their bid by writing a personal message on the page. Once a day, the Office will announce the current highest price for each of the submitted works for those who want to raise their rates.

All proceeds will be donated to Azerbaijan's Fund to Support Fight against Coronavirus.

If you want to take part in charity auction, please visit the following  link.

In February, Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Uzbekistan successfully launched a new project "Karabakh - the cradle of Azerbaijani culture".

The Center invites you to take part in art contest "The Karabakh Territory of Azerbaijan through the eyes of artists" as part of the project. 

The competition is co-organized by the Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Uzbekistan, Ismayilli Regional Department of Culture and Khatai Art Center in Azerbaijan.

The main goal of the drawing contest is to encourage young and talented artists of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to create beautiful art works, stimulate their creative activity, as well as to promote Azerbaijani, Turkic cultures and strengthen friendly and fraternal relations.

The works will be evaluated by famous artists of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.

The competition starts on April 24, 2020. The competitors are young artists (14-30 years old) from Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. 

Five best works from both countries will be selected. Winners will be awarded cash prizes, as well as honorary diplomas.

All the paintings presented at the competition will be shown in the exhibition halls of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Moreover, the art works will also be donated to various institutions.

For more information, please visit:

http://azculture.uz/musabiqeler.php?link=musabiqeler

YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites you to enjoy a live stream performance of talented pianist, laureate of international competitions Alp Aliyev on April 25.

During the concert, Alp Aliyev will delight listeners with works of foreign and national composers, various improvisations as well as his own music pieces. The event starts at 20:00. The concert will be streamed on YARAT`s official  Instagram.

Alp Aliyev started his musical journey at a very young age. Young pianist always captivates the hearts of music lovers with impressive clarity and deep musical expression. His distinctive and innovative playing allows him to perform in front of all kind of audiences.

In 2015, Alp Aliyev entered the Baku Music Academy. After a year of study, he was transferred to the "SABAH" class for especially gifted students.

Over the past years, the pianist  has successfully performed at many international music festivals in Germany, Bulgaria, Georgia and the Czech Republic.

He received a certificate for participation in the international competition Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. 

The pianist brilliantly performed at prestigious Art Duo International Music Competition in Prague, where he took the first place. Moreover, the musician was the participant at the 10th Gabala International Music Festival.

The musician also likes to work in other areas, which allows him to go beyond the standards. 

In addition to his music activities, Alp Aliyev is a director of Human and Environment Union. The main feature of the project is that it unites such different spheres as art, science and ecology.

Azerbaijan State Art Gallery has opened a new virtual exhibition, inspired by magnificent countryside atmosphere. 

The exhibition features nearly 50 art works by prominent Azerbaijani artists, including Sattar Bahlulzade, Togrul Narimanbayov, Rasim Babayev, Davud Kazimov, Asaf Jafarov, Latif Feyzullayev, Tair Salahov, Elmira Shakhtakhtinskaya, and others as part of "Evdə qal, qalib gəl" (Stay at home and win) action. 

The paintings aroused great interest among art connoisseurs.

Earlier, the State Art Gallery presented two virtual exhibitions, reflecting  the life of artists and cozy home atmosphere. 

You can get acquainted with the works of famous Azerbaijani artists on the gallery`s Facebook.

Baku Museum Center continues to fascinate art lovers on social networks amid coronavirus pandemic. 

The Center has presented a virtual exhibition "Introduction to the world of beauty", inspired by the wonderful atmosphere of summer houses on the Absheron Peninsula

After the coronavirus pandemic forced everyone to stay at home, many people spend time in their summer houses.

"Absheron cottage is more than just a country house with a garden. This is a whole world, a vibrant integral part of the childhood of many generations of the capital's inhabitants. It is an exit "kitchen" for conversations of intelligentsia and a convenient personal workshop for creative people. And, of course, this is a place of unity of man and nature. Many canvases of local artists, including representatives of the Absheron School of painting, are devoted to summer houses in Baku," the message said. 

The typical Absheron summer houses were brilliantly reflected on the canvases of such eminent artists as Sattar Bahlulzade, Tair Salahov, Javad Mirjavadov, Rasim Babayev, Kamal Akhmadov and many others. 

Beautiful landscapes with Absheron summer houses have a great importance as they are slightly disappearing, being replaced by large villas. 

As the famous art critic Ziyadkhan Aliyev has said, " the Absheron School of Painting has come to an end because there is no longer that landscape."

People`s Artist of Azerbaijan, world-famous opera singer Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) has joined the cultural program "We sing for Austria" broadcast through the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF).

Initiated by ORF and the Vienna State Opera, the project brought together the world`s most famous opera singers, including Anna Netrebko, Juan Diego Florez, Valentina Nafornița, Tomasz Konieczny, Elena Maximova, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch.

The musicians delighted the audience with virtual concerts from their homes amid coronavirus pandemic. 

Known for his beautiful voice, Yusif Eyvazov is a regular guest at the world’s leading opera houses. His name is included in the book "The Best Tenors of the World".

The unique sound of his voice and his vibrant stage presence allow him to combine an active opera career with numerous concert performances.

The opera singer has appeared on numerous recordings for Deutsche Grammophon including a complete recording of Puccini’s "Manon Lescaut" live from the Salzburg Festival and with his spouse, soprano Anna Netrebko’s on the cross-over album "Romanza". In 2017, Yusif Eyvazov was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Azerbaijan.

International Mugham Center continues to delight art lovers with online lectures about famous mugham singers.

The project aims at promotion of mugham art and national musical instruments.

The last lectures provided insight into life and work of such prominent mugham singer as Gasim Abdullayev. Earlier, the project discussed the work of Bulbuljan, Meshadi Mammad Farzaliyev, Seyid Shushinsky, as well as tar musician Mirza Faraj Rzayev. The lectures aroused great interest among social media users. 

Famous for its spectacular concerts, scientific-theoretical and research projects, the International Mugham Center is now switching to online projects, which can be found on Facebook and Instagram.

The Center successfully implements cultural projects aimed at promotion of national music: "Evenings of ashug music", "Treasury of Secrets", "Unforgettable", "Pearls of ethnic music", "Evenings of mugham music", etc.

Gobustan State Historical-Artistic Reserve has organized a video seminar dedicated to International Day of Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day), celebrated annually on April 18. 

The video seminar brought together the director of Gobustan State Historical-Artistic Reserve Vugar Isayev, coordinator of the Council of Europe's "Traces of Ancient Rock Art" Cultural Route, Ramón Montes Barquin (Spain),Technical and Scientific Coordinator of the Foz Coa Museum and Coa Valley Archaeological Park Thierry Aubry, professor at the University of Madrid Marcos Garcia Diez (Spain), Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Ferrara Dario Sigari (Italy).

Topics such as the latest archaeological research in the field of rock art, the management of rock art monuments were discussed at the seminar.

Notably, International Day of Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day) was established by UNESCO in 1983 on the proposal of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 

The main goal of the day is to draw people's attention to the protection of monuments and historical sites.

Various events and exhibitions are annually organized across the world as part of the celebration. 

Every year, on the occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites, ICOMOS proposes a theme for the celebrations and activities to be organised by our Committees, members and partners.

The 2020 International Day for Monuments and Sites invites participants to explore the idea of sharing - and its counterpoints, contestation and resistance - in relation to cultures, heritage and responsibility.