Baku to host exhibition commemorating singer Magomayev
Russian painter Irina Zagovorcheva will arrange her personal exhibition commemorating prominent Azerbaijani singer Muslim Magomayev in Baku.
Entitled "Muslim Magomayev: Golden rays of sunlight", the exhibition will take place at the Russian Information and Culture Center on September 10.
The exhibition will feature 40 graphic works and photos by Zagovorcheva. It will be her fifth exhibition dedicated to Magomayev this year.
Magomayev was born on August 17, 1942, in Baku. He shot to fame in the USSR in 1962, at the age of 19, after a stellar performance at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. In 1963 he became known in Europe after a successful performance at the Youth Festival in Helsinki, Finland.
In 1969 Magomayev won the International Song Competition in Sopot, Poland and also won the First "Golden Disc" at the Cannes Music Festival with 4.5 million of his records sold that year. Magomayev received numerous awards for his contribution to opera and popular music in the former Soviet Union.
Magomayev died of a heart failure on October 25, 2008, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in Baku.
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