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Russian IP ORCHESTRA will surprise rock music fans in Baku. The orchestra will  perform at Heydar Aliyev Palace on February 15.

The program titled "Legendary Rock Hits" will feature songs by world famous bands, including AC / DC, Metallica, Nirvana, Aerosmith, Green Day, Placebo, Blur, Corn, Rammstein, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Marlin Manson, Cranberries and others. The special guest of the evening will be famous tar musician Shahriyar Imanov.

Igor Ponomarenko repeatedly delighted music lovers in Baku. The orchestra's "Rock Hits Show" and " Cinema Hits Show" left no one indifferent.

Symphonic orchestra is conducted by an iconic figure of the music world Igor Ponomarenko.

He performed in such famous concert halls of the world as L’Olympia in Paris, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Turin Opera House etc.

Until 2000, he was known as a musician of the famous "Terem-Quartet", but he left the ensemble and organized his own ensemble "Ma.Gr.Ig.Al."

In 2009, Ponomarenko founded IP ORCHESTRA. Today, he successfully collaborates with world famous singers.

For the IP Orchestra, there are no boundaries in genres and styles. Highly professional musicians can play everything, and thanks to Igor Ponomarenko the concert turns into a real magical act.

Thousands of listeners around the world admire the energy and professionalism of this collective.

IP Orchestra has performed at the most significant concert venues and has taken part in the iconic cultural events of the country and abroad. 

It is a team that is not afraid of experiments, communicates closely with its audience and really loves the work they do.

The World Health Organization has compiled the ranking of European countries with the highest rate of obesity among women. Report says citing Russian media that, according to the study, Azerbaijan (15.8%) took the last place in this ranking, where women suffer least from obesity. The figure makes Azerbaijan the land of the slimmest women in Europe.

While Moldova is second from the last place with only 16.2% women suffering from obesity, Bosnia and Herzegovina share third place with Armenia (17.1%).

The figure reaches 18.1% in Russia, 19.2% in Georgia, and it is quite high in Turkey, where 24.4% of women suffer from obesity.

Hungary shows the highest percentage of women with obesity (28.2%). The World Health Organization also cited figures to compare the situation to the United States, where 35.5% of women are overweight.

The ranking also embraces Great Britain (26.9%), Ireland (25.1%), Spain (24.6%), Germany (24.2%), France and Ukraine (22%), and Italy (20.1%). 

The events of January 20, 1990, went into the history of modern Azerbaijan as "Black January." They put an end to 70-year Soviet rule.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made the statement at a conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the tragedy on January 20.

"I think it is necessary to look for reasons in 1988 when Azerbaijanis were brutally expelled from Armenia. When we talk about the Sumgait events, we should also consider that they were the result of the expulsion of Azerbaijanis from Soviet Armenia. We also have the fact that Eduard Grigoryan, an Armenian by nation, killed six Armenians, that was part of a certain plan," he said.

The Minister also recalled that the Soviet government officially stated that the army deployed in Baku would protect the population. "However, Interior Affairs Minister of the Soviet Union declared that the army entered to protect the Soviet power from oppositionists-nationalists. They just wanted to demonstrate to all social countries that the same thing can happen to you, that was a demonstrative act," the Foreign Minister said.

Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev, in turn, recalled that 30 years ago, troops were deployed in Baku on January 20: "This act contradicted the Constitution of the USSR. The population was unaware. So, the goal was to catch people on the streets and kill them," he said.

The President's Assistant said the recent statement from the Armenian Prime Minister is absurd. The Armenian Prime Minister earlier said that the events of January 20 in Baku aimed at fighting "Azerbaijani nationalists."

"Look at the graves in the Alley of Martyrs; there are also the graves of teenagers among them. It is not easy to gain and preserve independence. We must carry out this task with dignity. We must remember those who died for our freedom with honor," he concluded.

Azerbaijan’s Baku Metro CJSC will receive 16 modern fans to improve ventilation in subway tunnels this year, Spokesperson of the Baku Metro CJSC Bakhtiyar Mammadov told.

Mammadov noted that the new fans will be delivered to Baku in February-March this year.

“Out of 16 fans, 10 will be installed on the ‘red’ and ‘green’ metro lines, and the remaining six - on the ‘purple’ line,” the spokesperson said.

Mammadov added that the work has been completed to connect seven fans purchased last year to the power grid in the subway tunnels.

American rapper Eminem has surprise-released a new album.

Report says, citing the Lenta.ru he wrote on social media.

The new project "Music to Be Murdered By" features 20 songs, and the tracklist includes features with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Skylar Grey, and even Juice WRLD.

"Media plays a key role in holding free and democratic elections," Report quotes the head of the Baku office of European Council Zoltan Hernyes, as saying during an event on "Covering of elections in the press."

According to him, the Council of Europe made recommendations to the Member States on election coverage: "These recommendations are mainly about the role of the media. We need to create opportunities for the media. In other words, both public and private media should be involved in the election process. The media should actively take part in this process, both before and after elections. Moreover, we thank the Azerbaijani side, including the Presidential Administration, the Central Election Commission, the Press Council, and other bodies for the cooperation during the elections."

Hernyes says gender equality is one of the most urgent issues during the election process. "Gender equality has always been a topic of discussion. Ensuring gender equality is of great importance."

Azerbaijan's talented violinist Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev has been awarded in Turkey. The musician received Aydın Gun Teshvik Award.

The prize was established in 2012 by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Art with the aim of supporting  art and cultural fields and  promoting creativity in young talents.

The award will be presented to Elvin Goja Ganiev at the 48th Istanbul International Music Festival, a cultural event held every June and July in Istanbul.

The festival offers a selection of European classical music, ballet, opera and traditional music performances with the participation of famous artists from all over the world.

Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev has successfully participated in many competitions and festivals. His name is included in the Golden Book of Azerbaijan's young talents.

The musician was born in Ankara in a musical family. His grandfather, Server Ganiyev, was famous conductor and violinist, his father is a lead cellist, and his mother, a pianist.

Elvin started play violin, when he was 5 years old, and when he was 6 years he was sufficiently proficient to join the Music Preparatory Primary School at the Bilkent University. At 8 years, he gave his first orchestral concert with his grandfather, and, during the same year, he was admitted to the Zurich Conservatory Young Student programme as a student of the legendary Zakhar Bron (with whom he still studies).

In 2005, Elvin became a member of Cihat Askın and Young Friends (CAKA) and in 2006 he was awarded 1st prize in the International Classical Culture Heritage competition in Moscow.

He has always performed with renowned conductors, such as Zubin Mehta, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Zakhar Bron, Sasha Goetzel, Gürer Aykal, Rauf Abdullayev, Server Ganiyev, Rengim Gokmen, Naci Ozguuc, Valery Vorona, Klaus Weise, Placido Domingo ,Erol Erdinc, Jules van Hessen, Ender Sakpınar, Nikolay Lalov, and David Bernard. He has worked with masters, such as Zakhar Bron,Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Ivri Gitlis, Cihat Aşkın, Fazıl Say,Viktor Pikayzen, Yusif  Eyvazov, and Güher-Süher Pekinel.

The talented violinist is the winner of different international festivals, including the 11th International Young Violinist Competition after Wieniawski and Lipinski (Poland), International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Switzerland), "Classical Heritage" International Competition (Russia), and “Night in Madrid” festival-contest (Spain).

He has received many honours and many awards including a medal from the Pope.

In 2018, Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev was  presented with the certificate and badge of the honorary title of the Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan.

The musician was awarded  with the title of Honoured Artist  for his merits in the development of Azerbaijani culture.

A concert of Kremerata Baltica Orchestra and French pianist Lucas Debargue will take place at Heydar Aliyev Center on March 14.

The concert will feature music pieces by such acclaimed composers as Franz Liszt, Krzysztof  Penderecki, Mechislav Weinberg and Milos Magin.

Kremerata Baltica is a chamber orchestra consisting of musicians from Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). It was founded by Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer in 1997.

The orchestra has performed in more than 50 countries, gave over a thousand concerts in 600 cities. In 2002, the team was awarded the Grammy and Echo Prizes (ECHO). The orchestra has released more than 20 CDs.

Since 2003, Kremerata Baltic has been organizing its own festival in Latvia.

French pianist Lucas Debargue has been collaborating with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltic orchestra since 2017. In 2018, he joined the orchestra's tours in China and Japan.

In 2015,  Debargue won the fourth prize at the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Special Prize of the Moscow Music Critics Association.

After this remarkable showing, Debargue was invited to play solo recitals, concerto engagements, and chamber music concerts at the Moscow Conservatory, Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Carnegie Hall in New York and others.

Debargue has successfully collaborated with such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Andrey Boreyko, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Spivakov and such musicians as Gidon Kremer, Janine Jansen and Martin Frost.

The weather forecast for January 17 in Azerbaijan has been announced.

Report says, citing the National Hydrometeorology Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, that the weather will be partly cloudy, occasionally gloomy and mostly dry in Baku and Absheron peninsula tomorrow. However, it may rain towards the evening. The south wind will blow.

Air temperature on the Absheron peninsula will be +1+4 C at night, +8+11 C in the day, in Baku +2+4 C at night, and +8+10 C in the day.

The atmospheric pressure will drop from 776 to 767 mm, and relative humidity will be 60-70%.

It may occasionally rain in regions, while mountain and foothill areas will see snow that will be intense in some areas. The weather will be mainly dry in most regions; the west wind will blow and occasionally intensify in some places. Fog is predicted at times.

The air temperature will be from -2C to +3C of heat at night, +5+9 C in the day, in the mountains from -3 to -8 C of frost at night, -3+2 C in the daytime.

According to the medical-meteorological forecast, mild meteorological factors in the Absheron Peninsula will be favorable for people sensitive to the weather.

WHO and the Ministry of Health issued advice for international travel and trade concerning the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus in China

On 31 December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology was reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. On 9 January, Chinese authorities said in the media that the cause of this viral pneumonia was initially identified as a new type of coronavirus. According to them, this virus is different from any other human coronaviruses discovered so far. Coronaviruses are a large family of respiratory infections that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to the Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The clinical signs and symptoms of the patients reported in this cluster are mainly fever, with a few patients having difficulty in breathing and chest radiographs showing bilateral lung infiltrates.

From the currently available information, preliminary investigation suggests that there is no significant human-to-human transmission.

While the cause of pneumonia seems to be a novel coronavirus, transmission potential and modes of transmission remain unclear. Therefore, it would be prudent to reduce the general risk of acute respiratory infections while traveling in or from affected areas (currently Wuhan City) by avoiding close contact with people suffering from acute respiratory infections, frequent hand-washing, especially after direct contact with ill people or their

environment, avoiding close contact with live or dead farm or wild animals, travelers with symptoms of acute respiratory infection should practice cough etiquette (maintain distance, cover coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues or clothing, and wash hands).