"My idea was a love story between a mugam singer from Azerbaijan and an American artist," says the 63-year-old composer and pianist, who's in Houston for the premiere of a new chamber-opera, ...

When it comes to Azerbaijan and music, Eurovision – and, now, Jennifer Lopez – have largely hogged the outside world’s attention. But practitioners of mugam, an ancient Azerbaijani form of musical ...

Azerbaijan, Baku / Т corr S. Aghayeva / For the first time in the history of mugam (Azerbaijani national music) an unusual magazine dedicated to this art has been issued in Azerbaijan. The main ...

The legislative plan of the Committee on Culture of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) was ratified at the spring session in 2014. The legislative plan of the Committee on Culture of Azerbaijani ...

Azerbaijan muscial concert held at Katara on Thursday. DOHA: Katara in cooperation with the Azerbaijan Embassy staged a musical concert called “Azerbaijan Mugam Night” on Thursday at the Katara Drama ...

The opening ceremony was held on July 31st and the festival ran until August 2nd, and, as well as musicians from Azerbaijan itself, this year musicians performed from Britain, Turkey, Estonia, ...

Well-known for a broad world view and a modernistic avoidance of the purely classical tradition, the Kronos Quartet has become something of a yardstick by which other contemporary string quartets are ...

"FIZULI!" Alim Qasimov shouts the word and seems to have taken leave of his senses as he mimes a martial art move in the street. I'm already distracted by the startling sight of young Baku beauties in ...

Flamboyant flamenco from Spain, mystic melodies from Azerbaijan, music and dance by an Indian community that traces its origins to East Africa -- all these and more figured at the recent 3rd ...