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Baku hosts Day of Slovenia

16 March 2015 16:10 (UTC+04:00)
Baku hosts Day of Slovenia

By Amina Nazarli

A Day of Slovenia opened in Baku with a solemn ceremony at the Heydar Aliyev Center on March 13.

Opening the event, Adil Karimov, the first deputy director of the Heydar Aliyev Center stressed the importance of the Day of Slovenia which is being held in Azerbaijan for the first time.

Karimov said such projects play a key role in bringing nations closer together. "Today we kick off two different and impressive events that will let us familiarize ourselves with Slovenia and its rich culture. The first one is called Two Different Worlds, an exhibition of works by a father and his son, and the other is the performance by famous band Eroika.”

The deputy director also highlighted the work of the Honorary Consulate of Slovenia to further strengthen relations between the two countries.

Milan Jazbec, Slovenian Ambassador to Azerbaijan hailed the importance of such an event as it brings together numerous guests.

The ambassador expressed his gratitude to Honorary Consul of Slovenia in Azerbaijan, Elnur Allahverdiyev for his assistance in implementing such projects.

The ambassador said such events testify to the development of the relations between Azerbaijan and Slovenia.

He touched on the program of the event, saying: “Tonight we will all be delighted by Slovenian musician Ljuben Dimkaroski’s playing the world’s oldest flute. We will also enjoy an exhibition of works by Slovenian artists Peter and Joze Ciuhas”.

Following the speeches the participants viewed the “Two Different Worlds” exhibition by Peter and Jose Ciuha -- the 91-year artist, who is called Slovenian Picasso.

The beautiful paintings, painted by watercolor in the genres of abstraction and contemporary art were devoted to the dialogue with nature.

Talented Peter also introduced innovative creative works, thus impressing the public with a unique experiment.

The artist joined music with computer graphics and bright colors to revive the mathematical world and make it more emotional.

Slovenian musician Ljuben Dimkaroski presented the public another incredible show playing the 65,000-years-old ancient flute kept in Slovenia’s National Museum.

Listening the performance, the audience felt themselves in the era when humanity just emerged.

The musician also spoke about the unique wind instrument «tidldibab» - the Neanderthal flute discovered in 1995 by researcher Ivan Turk in Divya Babe, Slovenia.

The event then continued with the brilliant performance of Eroika trio, which is comprised of Matjaz Robavs (baritone), Aljaz Farasin (tenor) and Metod Zunec (tenor). Accompanied by the Symphonic Orchestra after Niyazi, the trio also performed Muslim Magomayev’s “Odlar yurdu Azərbaycan” song, which was greeted with enthusiasm by the public.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli



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