The creative evening of Turkmen musicians – the famous pianist Vladimir Mkrtumov and the talented violinist Aybolek Muhiyeva, which was held with great success in the Moscow House of Nationalities in the summer, can be called nothing else but "talents and fans". By a lucky chance, I happened to be in Moscow these days and got to this magnificent concert organized by the Moscow Society of Turkmen Culture. When I saw how the highest musical light of the Russian capital honored and applauded musicians from Turkmenistan, of course, I began to burst with pride.

The XVI Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS Member States will be held on September 12-13 in Bishkek. More than 200 delegates from the Commonwealth countries will come to the capital of Kyrgyzstan to participate in it. This was reported on the website of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS member states.

Archaeologists from the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IIMK RAS), together with colleagues from the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, discovered a complete set for an unknown ancient board game during excavations in Turkmenistan. Andrey Polyakov, director of the IIMK RAS, told reporters about this at a press conference at TASS.

The named star of the People's Artist of the USSR, the legendary performer and the idol of millions Muslim Magomayev will appear on the Avenue of Stars at the Sea Breeze Walk of Fame in Baku. The solemn ceremony of laying the star will take place on August 21, "Moscow-Baku" reports.

Young musicians from 18 countries will take part in the first World Youth Orchestra Festival, which will be held in Moscow from 18 to 20 August. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Russian Concert Agency (RCA).

The Turkmen diplomatic mission in Beijing hosted a meeting between Ambassador of Turkmenistan Parahat Durdyev and chief producer of the program "The Beauty of Shared Arts" of the CCTV channel of the state agency "CHINA MEDIA GROUP" Fan Tin and his team.

The II International Children's Cultural Forum ended in Moscow. From August 10 to August 12, the New Tretyakov Gallery hosted in its halls more than 2,000 children from Abkhazia, Belarus, South Ossetia, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Egypt and other countries, according to the website of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan.

Directors and film lovers from Turkmenistan who submitted their works to the 48 Hour Film Race competition will hold a screening of short films in Ashgabat.

An interesting rating of European cities for art lovers and artists was compiled by the German company posterXXL. The popularity index was "deduced" by experts based on the number of art galleries designed by famous architects of buildings, art schools, art festivals, as well as the number of contemporary artists and masters born in a particular city and according to other criteria.

The concert season in Ashgabat will open on August 20 with a performance by young performers. They invite guests and residents of the capital to the evening music program "Film, Film, Film!", where songs from famous Soviet, Turkmen, Russian and foreign films will be performed.