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By Amina Nazarli

Students of the Azerbaijan National Conservatory surprised the passengers in Baku Metro by playing the works of the great composer, Uzeyir Hajibeyli, on weekend.

The flash mob, which attracted many people, was organized at the “Icherisheher” station and dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Uzeyir Hajibeyli.

Passengers of Baku Metro will hear live music in the city’s different metro stations till the end of the month.

History recognizes Hajibeyli as an innovator as well as the first to establish a professional music school and Orchestra for Traditional Folk Instruments, to compose the Muslim world’s first opera and operetta, to introduce a woman on stage, to write the country’s national anthem (which is the official anthem of Azerbaijan today)

Born in 1885 in the heart of the ancient Azerbaijani Khanate of Karabakh -- Shusha -- Uzeyir Hajibeyli’s outstanding musical talent started a revolution in the Azerbaijani musical timeline. He was the very musician to introduce an extraordinary innovation in the nation's music culture, to constantly refresh it, and adjust to modern tastes. He was a founder of an opera genre not only in Azerbaijan, but the East and created the first Muslim opera in the Islamic world.

His unique synthesis of Oriental and Western music significantly promoted the classical music traditions in the East and opened a page of classical music patterns.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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