This almost detective musical story is connected with a work that many Turkmens have come to love. Once the People's Artist of Turkmenistan Atageldy Garyadgdiyev was invited by the bride's father as a guest at the wedding. The father of the girl who got married asked the famous singer to sing so that he could dance a slow waltz with his daughter. Maestro Garyagdiyev, of course, agreed.

An exhibition of Turkmen artists Rahman and Dilbar Umarov entitled "Harmony" has opened at the exhibition center of the Directorate of Art Exhibitions of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.

A celebration in honor of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took place in Tashkent, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Uzbekistan reports on its Instagram page.

The Balkan Regional Library has become the venue for the Turkmen-American book festival, organized in honor of the 31st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the United States.

The Russian city of St. Petersburg receives a new status of the Cultural Capital of the Commonwealth this year. The city authorities have compiled a list of upcoming events and sent it to the St. Petersburg Committee for Culture and the MFGS, the CIS Executive Committee website says.

A resident of the city of Bayramaly handed over a rare gold coin to the fund of the Mary Museum of Local Lore in Turkmenistan.

The works of famous Broadway musicals will be performed in Ashgabat by American artists Kate Bass and Aaron Young. They will sing to the musical accompaniment of the State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rasul Klychev.

While on one of his tours abroad, Turkmen violinist Bahram Dolyev, having attended a chamber music concert, decided to create a collective of the same format upon arrival. From that moment, we can say, the chronicle of the musical collective "Camerata Ashgabat" began, although at that time Bahram himself was still studying at the conservatory and the suffix "hiv" was not used at all when referring to him. Today he is Bahram Byashimovich, a teacher at the Turkmen National Conservatory, a laureate and winner of many awards in various creative competitions. And then, he was just a student dreaming of his creative team, together with which it would be possible to create interesting concert programs. Bahram nurtured the idea for a long time, looked closely at the repertoire, assessed his strength and capabilities, thinking about all the difficulties that could be on the way.

The State Museum of Turkmenistan gathered diplomats, scientists and cultural figures, students and journalists on its site on Tuesday. They were invited to a briefing on the topic "Restoration of museum values: world experience and achievements".

UNESCO will involve its experts to assess the damage caused to cultural heritage sites in Syria and Turkey as a result of the earthquake, the Associated Press reports.