Culture

On May 29, the fifth Mugham TV Contest came to an end at the Heydar Aliyev Center. The contest took place with support from the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, based on the project of the Azerbaijan Culture Foundation, with organizational support from the Azerbaijani Television and participation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Winners of the four-month...

An evening of Azerbaijani culture was held in the city of Frankfurt am Main with organizational support from the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Germany. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Germany Parviz Shahbazov said this evening takes place within the framework...

The 8^th International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival, held with joint support from the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation in Baku, came to an end, May 24. The closing concert held in Heydar Aliyev Palace was attended by eminent persons of culture and art, including artistic director of the festival Olga Rostropovich...

Opening of the 8^th International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival took place at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonics named after Muslim Magomayev, May 17. The Festival was organized jointly by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation. Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev addressed the ceremony...

Inauguration of the exhibition “Azerbaijan: From Traditions to Contemporaneity” took place, May 13, at UNESCO headquarters with organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Azerbaijan’s permanent representative office under the organization. Delivering a speech at the opening ceremony, head of department of UNESCO foreign relations section Genc Seiti...