Don’t miss evening of mugham music

With centuries-old history, the Azerbaijani mugham, a a treasury of the world music, continues to amaze the music lovers.

This unique kind of music is based on the rich philosophical and literary ground.

One of the most valuable monuments of the material and spiritual culture of the nation contains seven main modes - Rast, Shur, Segah (are especially common), Shushtar, Bayaty-Shiraz, Chahargah, Humayun and three collateral kinds - shahnaz, sarendj, chargah in some other form.

Mugham modes are associated not only with scales but with an orally transmitted collection of melodies that mugham masters use in the course of improvisation.

The short selection of Azerbaijani mugham played in balaban, national wind instrument was included on the Voyager Golden Record, attached to the Voyager spacecraft as representing world music, included among many cultural achievements of humanity.

In 2003, UNESCO recognized mugam as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

An evening dedicated to Azerbaijan's national music, will be held in the Heydar Aliyev Palace on March 21, Trend Life reported.

"Mugham and Spirituality" literary and artistic composition will be presented as part of the event.

Thrilling performance of People's Artists of Azerbaijan, Arif Babayev, Sakina Ismayilova, Nazaket Teymurova, Aygun Bayramova, Gulyanag Mammadova will be accompanied by ensemble "Konul". Ticket price is 20-80 AZN ( $11-44) Tickets are available at all ticket offices of the city, the centers of ASAN Service as well as at website: http://iticket.az/. For more information please contact: (012) 441-21-31 (050) 332-36-30