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Conversations about modern music: shaman tambourine, cartoon, A.N.S.Conversations about modern music: shaman tambourine, cartoon, A.N.S.

Conversations about modern music: shaman tambourine, cartoon, A.N.S.

A fascinating one and a half hour immersion in the world of modern music was a lecture by People's Artist of Turkmenistan Danatar Khydyrov, held at the Turkmen National Conservatory named after Maya Kuliyeva. The master's meeting with the students took place within the framework of the "Year of Contemporary Music" - a new art project organized by the teachers of the Department of Composition and Instrument Studies on the initiative of the Rector of the Conservatory.

Ashgabat now has its own camerataAshgabat now has its own camerata

Ashgabat now has its own camerata

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.

Our songs, our seas, our children – what "attracted" the concert in the Palace of MukamOur songs, our seas, our children – what "attracted" the concert in the Palace of Mukam

Our songs, our seas, our children – what "attracted" the concert in the Palace of Mukam

On Saturday and Sunday evenings, the Ashgabat Palace of Mukam presented the audience with a concert entitled "Songs of Our Youth". Clarification of whose youth, that is, what age category was meant by the word "ours" in the poster, was not required. The expectations of the public somehow correlated with what was popular 50 years ago, and what we heard 20-30, or even 10 or even 5 years ago, because we were younger then too.

Mademoiselle Govher Gouverne – the story of a fashion designerMademoiselle Govher Gouverne – the story of a fashion designer

Mademoiselle Govher Gouverne – the story of a fashion designer

Has a little girl from the provincial town of Dashoguz ever thought that one day she will become a famous fashion designer and will live and teach in Paris at the Advanced School of Fashion? She will be addressed only as a professor, and students will catch her every word to learn how to create outfits that will conquer catwalks in different countries of the world. Rather, it was a childhood dream, for the realization of which you first need to buy a ticket to the same Paris. This will definitely happen, but later. And until that day, a whole life and a lot of events will pass before the story of the Turkmen Frenchwoman who conquered the Champs-Elysees begins.