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By Sabina Idayatova

The State Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under principal guest conductor of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, winner of international competitions Ayyub Guliyev performed at the Russian concert halls named after famous conductor's A. Safonov and V.Scriabin in Kislovodsk on November 9-10.

According to Guliyev, the first concert of the Philharmonic Orchestra - "Oriental Tales" was devoted to the eastern theme in the works of Azerbaijani and Russian composers.

For the first time, parts of the ballet "Seven Beauties" by the great Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev sounded in the State Philharmonic named after V. Safonov. The bright and talented performance of Azerbaijani composer's did not leave anyone unmoved. After the completion of the "March" from the "Seven Beauties" ballet, the whole room - 700 people gave standing ovation to the conductor and orchestra musicians.

Works by the renowned Russian composers M. Mussorgsky ("Dance of Persian slaves" from the "Khovanshchina" opera), A. Borodin ("Polovtsian Dances" from the "Prince Igor" opera) and A.Lyadov (" The Enchanted Lake") were also performed.

The main event of the evening was the performance of the Azerbaijan`s People's Artist, laureate of international competitions, the Chevalier of the "Glory" Order, Professor Ramiz Guliyev.

The Azerbaijani national stringed instrument tar was presented in Russia for the first time in the 125 year history of the Federal Academic Philharmonic. The 2nd Concerto for Tar and symphonic orchestra of Haji Khanmammadov and the mugham style fantasy of famous Azerbaijani composers were performed by Professor Ramiz Guliyev and Russian Philharmonic Orchestra.

After the concert, the general director of the Federal Academy Philharmonic, Russian Honored Artist Svetlana Berejnaya thanked all participants for a great concert performance and noted the particular importance of this project on the development and strengthening cultural relations between Azerbaijan and Russia.

On the next day in the big hall named after Safonov, there was a presentation of a new literary musical project "Kurhaus Tales" with the participation of the Academic Symphony Orchestra led by Guliyev. Famous film and theater actor, Russian Honored Artist Timofey Fedorov, who is known for his roles in the films "The Countess de Monsoreau", " Sarmatian", "Cloud over the hill", etc., narrated and hosted the concert.

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