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Vienna celebrates centenary of composer Jevdet Hajiyev [PHOTO]

12 July 2017 11:20 (UTC+04:00)
Vienna celebrates centenary of composer Jevdet Hajiyev [PHOTO]

By Laman Ismayilova

The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of a prominent Azerbaijani composer, Jevdet Hajiyev.

His beautiful and smoothing music continues to win the hearts of connoisseurs of high art all over the world.

Hajiyev left behind a legacy of masterpieces. Among them are eight symphonies, three tone poems, opera “Veten” (Motherland) written in collaboration with G.ara Garayev, string quartets, ballade and sonata for piano, solo and choral works and many others. These works are among the jewels of classical music that continue to delight listeners and glorify music of Azerbaijan all over the world.

The Vienna Conservatory has joined celebrations of the 100th jubilee of famous Azerbaijani composer.

The organizers of concert events dedicated to great composer anniversary told Azertac that the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, led by its President, First Vice President of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Aliyeva, supported international competitions in order to promote Azerbaijani music.

Jevdet Hajiyev’s works were included in the compulsory program of competitions and were performed by 278 participants of the competitions in France and Switzerland, Azertac reported.

Alexander Kadmiel (Romania) was named the winner of the first special Adilya Aliyeva prize in the category of young talents. Kadmiel performed one of the pearls of Azerbaijani music - the piano ballad by great composer.

The final concert took place at the United Nations in Geneva watched by diplomats at the Palais des Nations.

Several events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Jevdet Hajiyev will be also held in Austria and Germany.

The gala concert will take place on September 25 at the Vienna Conservatory, which also joined celebrations of the centenary of Jevdet Hajiyev.

Doctor of Arts Farah Tahirova will host the presentation of the event.

Piano works by Jevdet Hajiyev have been performed in Vienna, at the Feurich International Piano, Vocal and Chamber Music Competition as well as at the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition in Indiana, USA.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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