By Azernews

By Laman Ismayilova

‘Polar star’ by young Azerbaijani composer Arzu Abbasova was performed at the International composition competition ‘‘Donne In Musica’’ (Women in Music) in Serbia.

The composition was performed by violinists Anna Radosvlyevich and Milichsa Mladenovich, Azertac reported.

Arzu composed Pole Star in 2015. Arzu, who is a student at the Faculty of International Relations, ADA University, has won a number of international competitions in Russia, USA, Kazakhstan and Serbia.

In 2016, she won the first place in Multicultural Sonic Evolution International Contest of Young Composers in New York.

She has taken 3rd place at International Composition Competition “Artistes en Herbe” held in Luxembourg this year.

The “Women in Music” Association in Kragujevac, founded on 17th June 2003, is a member of the Honour Committee of the Adkins Chiti:

Donne In Musica Foundation, which is a member of the International Music Council, UNESCO, a foundation that includes 116 organizations of this kind from all over the world. The primary aim is affirming music by female composers, based on the Declaration of the Association of “Women in Music” document from Kragujevac, September 2003. As such, it participates in the following Foundation and UNESCO projects: Education and Culture DG Culture Programme, Women In Music Uniting Strategies for Talent (WIMUST), supported by the European Parliament in Bruxelles from 2000.