The second day of the "Week of Turkmen Composers" was a great success. It began with a vernissage of paintings by Turkmen painters. Canvases dedicated to musical themes filled the halls of the conservatory. Works in various techniques were presented: graphics, painting, tapestry, etc.

The State Publishing Service of Turkmenistan organized a meeting of poets, writers, journalists and students of creative specialties, during which modern methods of narration were discussed, Turkmenistan newspaper reports.

ORIENT presents an announcement of cultural events that will be held in Ashgabat from April 19 to 23.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed an order on holding competitions on the occasion of the National Holiday of the Turkmen Horse, TDH reports.

The International Festival of Traditional Fine and Applied Arts opened on Tuesday in Tashkent. For the first time in the history of the holiday, the Fine Arts Gallery of Uzbekistan hosts the exhibition "Meeting of Artists of the Turkic World", which presents the best works of artists from the member countries of the TURKSOY organization - Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Uzbek press reports.

The book by Ray Nayler, a former employee of the American Embassy in Turkmenistan, "A Mountain in the Sea" has reached the final of two prestigious awards — "Newbel" and "Ray Bradbury", Locus reports.

The work of the teaching staff of the Maya Kuliyeva Turkmen National Conservatory is determined by the search for modern methods of teaching students, as well as new approaches to educating the listener. In addition, here an effective tool was the holding at the end of each academic year of the traditional project "Week of the department" - a kind of creative reports of the music university. There is also a contest-review “Talents of the conservatory” and a creative competition of future university applicants, which are held among graduates of secondary special music schools and art schools of Turkmenistan.

Mahym Atakova is a young artist, a student of the State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan, better known to Orient readers as the author of the stunning painting "A Fabulous Dream" received two news at once the other day: the first – the commission of the international exhibition Drawing paper show-2023 (Liverpool, England) selected one of Mahym's paintings to participate in the international virtual expositions. I will tell you about it later.

Many are trying to start a new life on Monday. Nevertheless, not everyone succeeds, because apart from the day of the week, almost nothing changes in their lives. Do you want to try to really go to another level? Not with the help of physical efforts for exercise or morning running, which you may dream of as a lifeline that will take you to the shores of a bright and emotional life. It's about a mental, spiritual step forward that you can afford to take in order to see the world to others, where instead of labels, price tags and striving for success, harmony, nobility and sublimity of beauty, love as the architecture of the universe and the human soul prevail.

The creative exhibition "Meeting of Artists of the Turkic World" will be held in Uzbekistan as part of the International Festival of Fine and Applied Arts, which will open in Tashkent on April 17, Dunyo news agency reports.