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Turkmen conductor Rasul Klychev will participate in a concert at the St. Petersburg PhilharmonicTurkmen conductor Rasul Klychev will participate in a concert at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic

Turkmen conductor Rasul Klychev will participate in a concert at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic

On November 21, the closing of the interstate program "St. Petersburg - the cultural capital of the CIS 2023" will take place. On this occasion, there will be a concert commemorating Soviet and Russian conductor, artistic director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic named after Dmitry Shostakovich, People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Temirkanov. He passed away at the age of 85 on November 2 of this year…

A new publication for young folk musicians has been published - the book “Bass Dutar”A new publication for young folk musicians has been published - the book “Bass Dutar”

A new publication for young folk musicians has been published - the book “Bass Dutar”

...In the 1930s, such professional musicians and craftsmen as B. Nurali, G. Ugurlyev, S. Tumanyan, G. Arakelyan and A. Petrosyants began the reconstruction of Turkmen national musical instruments. The main goal was to enrich the sound of the orchestra of Turkmen folk instruments. As a result, such varieties of the dutar family as prima, second, viola, plector dutar, prima plector, bass and double bass dutar appeared. They entered the practice of dutar musicians and began to be used for solo performances, in ensembles and as part of orchestras.

The Day of National Unity of the Russian Federation was celebrated in AshgabatThe Day of National Unity of the Russian Federation was celebrated in Ashgabat

The Day of National Unity of the Russian Federation was celebrated in Ashgabat

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan, in Ashgabat, welcomed the guests on Sunday – the Day of National Unity of the Russian Federation was celebrated here with a series of events, inviting residents of the Turkmen capital to participate in the celebration, and at the same time in master classes related to culture and crafts of different regions of Russia. TASS correspondent Oleg Pavlenko visited the holiday and told about it in his report.