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Musical Olympus Festival will see its musicians perform in the Azerbaijani capital Baku September 18 and 21 in the State Philharmonic Hall and on September 20 in International Mugham Center as part of the Third Uzeyir Hajibeyov International Music Festival.

The festival is being organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan.

The following participants of Musical Olympus will appear at the concerts in Azerbaijan: Solenne Paidassi (violinist, France, 2010 First Prize winner at Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris); Signum Quartet (saxophone quartet, Germany, 2010 First Prize winners at Torneo Internazionale di Musica in Verona); Ashu (saxophonist, USA, 2008 First Prize at The International Salon de Virtuosi Career, New York); Christoph Croise (cellist, Switzerland, 2010 Gran Prix of IBLA Foundation Competition, Ragusa); Ilya Maksimov (pianist, Russia, 2008 Second Prize winner and Prize of the Public winner at the Maria Canals competition in Barcelona).

Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra will take part in the concerts on September 21 with Ayyub Guliyev conducting.

Musical Olympus, an annual festival that represents the young artistic elite, is a perfect example of globalization trends in music. Started in 1995 in Russia, the festival today is an important international project praised by both critics and audiences around the world. The winners of various international contests are invited to take part in the Musical Olympus and over 17 years the festival has presented over 400 artists from 40 countries, including the well-known Nikolai Znaider, Sayaka Sedzi, Eldar Nebolsin, Martin Frost, and Marina Poplavskaya.