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By Sabina Idayatova

The premiere of "Seven Beauties" will be held at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre in Minsk on November 23-24.

The ballet is supported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

"Seven Beauties" is Gara Garayev's second ballet that will be staged by Bolshoi Theater, following the "Path of Thunder" in 1960.

"Seven Beauties" involves Vyacheslav Volich as the conductor, Aleksandr Kostyuchenko as the artist, and Yekaterina Bulgakova as the costume designer. The ballet premiere, which is supported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, will be attended by the Azerbaijani Ministry's representatives.

Garayev is one of those great composers who have enriched the Azerbaijani music with his immense legacy. He is the author of nearly 110 pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, piano solos, cantatas, songs, and marches.

Garayev juxtaposed features of mugham with jazz, blues, African music, European counterpoint styles, and developments related to the 20th century Western music such as the 12-tone technique.

His music combines a strict, logical spirit of classicism with a poignant, romantic passion. After years of creating consonant and tonal pieces, he turned to a dissonant style in which links with folklore became less obvious, especially in such works as the Third Symphony and Violin Concerto.