Baku Mugam Center to host mugam evening
By Laman Sadigova
The Baku International Mugam Center will host another evening of mugam, dedicated to the first European Games at 19:00 on June 22.
Kamila Nabiyeva and Ehtiran Huseynov, accompanied by an instrumental ensemble “Naz-Nazi” will perform at the concert. Artistic director of the ensemble is an honored Artist of Azerbaijan Malik Mansurov.
Mugham entered into the global culture heritage at the beginning of the last century by attracting the attention of cultural experts and music critics around the globe.
The lyrical music of Mugham attracts today the young and old by its delightful sounds. At present, this pearl of Azerbaijani music art continues to take new forms, attracting attention worldwide.
Baku 2015 is the first ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent which will take place on June 12-28, 2015.
There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.
Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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