One of the brightest events of the first month of summer in Turkmenistan promises to be the International Dance and Folklore Festival Awaza-2023, which will be held on the shores of the Caspian Sea on June 13-16. Creative teams from Iran, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, China, Russia, Romania, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and other countries confirmed their participation in it.
The annual thematic week of musicologists was held at the Maya Kuliyeva Turkmen National Conservatory, which the organizers decided to coincide with the anniversary of the composer Nury Halmammedov. The celebrations began already in the spacious and bright hall of the Conservatory, which was decorated with portraits of the composer, and all guests were invited to taste the traditional food pishme, symbolizing hospitality and cordiality.
The Ashgabat theater of musical drama named after Magtymguly hosted a concert of the works of composer Danatar Hidyrov. This year the maestro is celebrating his anniversary and in this regard, the festive program has become a kind of musical report for the work done over the years.
Birthday "for a couple" or double anniversary - this is how you can call the big gala concert of the ensemble of violinists "Mukam", which was held in Ashgabat, at the theater of musical drama named after Magtymguly. The artistic director of the ensemble, People's Artist of Turkmenistan Harold Neymark, turned 85 years old, and 45 years have passed since the founding of this famous musical group.
One of the May evenings in the small hall of the Turkmen National Conservatory named after Maya Kuliyeva, the cello became the queen of the concert. The solo program was performed by Aylar Annamuradova-the laureate of international competitions, a graduate of the Department of String Instruments in the class of teacher Kakageldy Khodzhalekov.
The common saying "diamonds are a girl's best friend" does not apply to Georgian women. Their jewelry "favorites" are minankari - original and extraordinarily beautiful handmade jewelry, in which you can look elegant at a social event or be irresistible at a friendly party. You can wear them with simple dresses or jeans and always remain in the spotlight.
One day, several stars of the Turkmen music scene talked and decided to create a new band called the Ashgabat Camerata or the Ashgabat Camerata (AC). Everyone has benefited from this decision, and above all we are an army of grateful listeners.
How much does a person need for happiness? The answer is one - everything is known in comparison. From the height of our XXI century, we are unlikely to be able to fully understand our grandfathers and great-grandfathers from the distant 40s.
"Music of Victory" was held at the Conservatory, which gathered veterans of the country and Ashgabat music lovers for a festive concert on the eve of May 9. The evening of songs dedicated to the Great Patriotic War has already become a good tradition and took place on May 3 in the great hall of the Maya Kuliyeva Turkmen National Conservatory.
What usually happens in the spring? Drops of crystal beads are knocking, greenery is blooming, and the sun is warming. Nature "composes" spring symphonies performed by a chorus of songbirds and murmuring streams and "paints" floral landscapes, dipping a brush in raindrops and mixing colors in a rainbow palette.
On the last day of the "Week of the Department of Composition and Instrumentation" in the small hall of the Turkmen National Conservatory named after Maya Kuliyeva, a concert was held from the works of students of the composition class. The heroes of the occasion were worried and prepared for this event with all seriousness and responsibility. The concert hall gathered not only students and teachers of the conservatory, but also invited teachers from the music boarding school, as well as friends and relatives of young music authors.
Physicists have such a concept as PF - "positive feedback". Simply put, this is when a signal with a + sign transmitted to the circuit returns in the same phase. Composers from the Department of Composition and Instrumentation of the Turkmen National Conservatory also have. For several days in a row there have been events organized by teachers and students of the department with the support of our friends from other areas and, of course, the press. And all our positive messages to the world have returned with a sea of thanks, a lot of phone calls, SMS messages, emails, messages in messengers, as well as orally.
The third day of the "Week of Turkmen Composers" was held with the participation of artists of the Turkmen State Puppet Theater. The mobile brigade arrived with their "stage partners" - dolls of various kinds. Their "passage" towards the small hall of TNC immediately attracted the attention of students and teachers who were in the corridors of the conservatory, and therefore all the chairs in the hall were quickly filled with those who wanted to watch the performance of the theater artists. The meeting with them promised to be fascinating. Everyone was interested to learn about the theatrical backstage, about the "kitchen", and about the secret hiding behind the screen. And on this day, all this was demonstrated to the audience.
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 premiere of a number of works by members of the Turkmen regional branch of the Union of Composers of Eurasia will take place at the end of this week in Moscow. On April 15, the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts - Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery will host a concert by opera singer Daria Huseynova, which will also be attended by her friends and colleagues, students.
