9th International Rostropovich Festival

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The 9th International Rostropovich Festival took place, 23-27 April 2017, in Baku, with organizational support from the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. 

 

Dedicated to the 90th jubilee of M.Rostropovich, the Festival was launched by a concert programme of the Azerbaijan State Symphonic Orchestra named after U.Hajibeyli, under artistic direction of People’s Artist Rauf Abdullayev. Works by J.Verdi, P. Tchaikovsky, O.Respighi and X.Mirzazadeh were performed. 

 

World-renowned musicians and groups from foreign countries – Russia’s honoured group – the Saint Petersburg Academic Symphonic Orchestra, the Vienna-Berlin Chamber Orchestra, the Dresden Staatscappella etc. performed at the Festival. 


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