On October 27-28, the festival "Life permeated with Music" ("Mukama siñen ömür") will be held in Ashgabat, the city of Arkadag and the regions in honor of the 85th anniversary of the outstanding composer Nury Halmamedov.

The next competition for the award of the President of Turkmenistan "Türkmeniń Altyn asyry" among the figures of literature, culture and art has been announced. The decree was signed by the head of state Serdar Berdimuhamedov on Friday, during a meeting of the Turkmen government.

Young French conductor David Yurpo will give a concert in Ashgabat on November 4 and will conduct the State Symphony Orchestra of Turkmenistan. He is a renowned guitarist and music director of the Macon Symphony Orchestra (France), as well as the Macon Conservatory. In addition, Yurpo is the organizer of the festival and international vocal competition “Symphonies d'automne”.

The II conference of the TURKSOY Union of Museums was held in Baku, where issues of cooperation and development of museum business in the Turkic world were discussed. The conference also announced the appointment of Meretgeldy Charyev, Director of the State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan, as the interim head of the TURKSOY Union of Museums for 2024. This is reported by the website of the State Museum.

The Rolling Stones are back with a new Hackney Diamonds album — the first in 18 years with original material. The previous CD Blue & Lonesome, released in 2016, consisted of blues covers, writes RockFM.

A gala concert dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the great philosopher and poet Magtymguly Pyragy took place in Vienna.

Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Ogulgerek Berdimuhamedova, the wife of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, and the wives of other foreign leaders who attended the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) visited the China National Museum of Arts and Crafts on Wednesday.

A creative meeting of Turkmen and Tatar masters of folk arts and crafts took place on October 18 in Ashgabat as part of the Days of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation. The venue for the event was the capital's Museum of Fine Arts, where in a warm and friendly atmosphere in the format of “cultural dialogue” the participants discussed the preservation, study and modern development of folk arts and crafts.

The Days of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan started in Ashgabat on Tuesday, October 17. The opening ceremony was held at the Mukams Palace of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan. A photo exhibition of UNESCO objects of Tatarstan was launched here and a concert of masters of arts of the republic was held.

The IV International Biennale of Applied Arts began its work in Tashkent, bringing together three dozen artists from 12 countries - France, Italy, India, Japan, Egypt, Russia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Central Asian countries, including Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan is represented at the festival by more than 60 artists and masters of folk and decorative arts, UzA reports.