Gara Garayev`s works performed in Stockholm
By Amina Nazarli
Works by prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev have been performed at Culture Orchestra concert in Berwaldhallen concert hall in Stockholm.
The concert was held as part of the Baltic Sea Festival, held on
August 22-30.
The event was attended by representatives of the embassies
accredited in Stockholm and Swedish public figures.
Gara Garayev, one of those great composers who enriched the Azerbaijani music with his immense legacy, is the author of nearly 110 pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, piano solos, cantatas, songs and marches.
Garayev is considered as the second composer of the country next
only to Uzeyir Hajibeyov, the father of classical music in
Azerbaijan, for his innovation in musical compositions.
Established by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in 2011, Culture
Orchestra is an ensemble of outstanding young musicians from Poland
and the Eastern Partnership member states -Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia.
The mission of Culture Orchestra is to foster positive change in
the cultural and social development of the countries of Eastern
Europe and Southern Caucasus through enterprises of the highest
artistic quality.