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Mugham Center to honor memory of Mammadali Sahil [VIDEO]

15 September 2017 17:11 (UTC+04:00)
Mugham Center to honor memory of Mammadali Sahil [VIDEO]

The Baku-based International Mugham Center will hold an event to honor memory of khanende, poet and actor Mammadali Sahil.

The event, to be realized by the Mədəniyyət (Culture) TV channel, Azerbaijan Radio and the International Mugham Center, is scheduled for September 26, the organizers told Trend Life.

Well-known mugham singers will perform gazelles of Mammadali Sahil at the event, while friends and relatives will share their memories.

Tickets can be purchased at all the ticket offices of the city and the centers of the ASAN Service.

Media partners of the event are Trend.az, Day.az, Milli.az andAzernews.az

Mammadali Sahil is the author of about 300 poems, gazelles and other works.

Mammadali Sahil is known as the first performer of “The song of the blind Arab” ("Kor ərəbin mahnısı") to the music of Firket Amirov and the words of Huseyn Javid.

He performed in Ahmad Bakikhanov’s ensemble in 1940-1941. He went to the front in 1942, in 1945 was demobilized. After recovering from a serious wound he began to work for the National Drama Theater, where during 22 years he created many bright images in such performances as Khosrow and Shirin, Ghatyr Mammad, Vagif, Indian Beauty, Sheikh Sanan and others.

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