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By Laman Ismayilova

International Mugham Center has hosted another concert within "Mugham and spirituality" project.

The project was co-organized by the International Mugham Center, TV channel "Mədəniyyət" (Culture) and the Azerbaijan's Television and Radio, Trend Life reported.

People's Artists of Azerbaijan Aygun Bayramova and Nazaket Teymurova performed tesnifs "Yar olmayaydın" and "Bulaq üstə". Honored Artist Almaz Orujova delighted listeners with beautiful music piece "Badi-Səba".

At the concert, the author of these tesnifs, mugham master Faramaz Garmrudi introduced mugham "Dəşti".

The performance was accompanied by the instrumental ensemble "Könül", conducted by the honored artist Aliaga Sadiyev (tar). The ensemble includes musicians Elshan Mansurov (kamancha), Shirzad Fataliyev (balaban), Kamran Kerimov (nagara), and Khushemeddin Azizov (naghara), Galib Gashimov (tar), Farid Babayev (kamancha).

Tasnif is one of the several forms of Azerbaijani folk music.Their authors are mostly mugham masters (khanende). Tasnifs are usually performed before or after mugham.

As a rule, verses of Azerbaijani poets such as Samad Vurgun, Suleyman Rustam, Aliaga Vahid, Bakhtiyar Vahabzade, Islam Safarli and others are used in the tasnifs.

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