An exhibition and a concert dedicated to the life and creativity of Nizami Ganjavi in Strasbourg

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On November 19, 2013, an exhibition and a concert devoted to the 870th jubilee of great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi was held, with organizational support from the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and assistance by Azerbaijan’s Embassy in France,  at the “Rein Palace” of Strasbourg, November 19, 2013.

 

Archaeological finds related to the Nizami era – coins, samples of jewellery, household items of the Shirvanshahs and Atabeys era, reproductions of miniatures drawn by  Azerbaijani artists in the Middle Ages, pottery with reflection of miniatures, carpets and batiks made on the basis of characters from the poems included in “Khamsa”, photos made late in the 19th – early in the 20th centuries in Ganja, a mock-up of the thinker-poet’s mausoleum in Ganja, as well as photos of monuments erected to the poet in Baku, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Rome, Cheboksary and Beijing were displayed at the exhibition. The guests were distributed books and brochures talking of the life and creativity of Nizami Ganjavi published by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

 

After the exhibition, a concert program comprised of romances and songs composed by Azerbaijani composers to lyrics of Nizami Ganjavi was presented.



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An article entitled “Nizami Ganjavi – a great romantic and epic poet” by journalist Rahma Rashdi devoted to great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi’s creativity was printed in “Arabian Gazette” - an influential English-language newspaper being printed in the United Arab Emirates. In an article entitled “Nizami Ganjavi - a great romantic and epic poet”, the author talks...

January 9, 2014

Another article has been printed in the French media about the exhibition devoted to Azerbaijani poet of genius Nizami Ganjavi held at the Rein Palace of Strasbourg. Printed in the newspaper “Les dernières nouvelles d'Alsace”, the most influential daily press organ of the Alsace region, the article states that the exhibition had been held with organizational  support from...

An article devoted to the 870th jubilee of great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi is placed on the official website of the Strasbourg City Council. It is informed, in the article, that the exhibition presented by Azerbaijan’s Embassy in France, the Regional Department of the Alsace Region for Cultural Affairs, and the Strasbourg University’s Library, within the project...