By Azernews

By Laman Ismayilova

The collective of Theatre-Studio "Oyuq" at Azerbaijan’s State Puppet Theatre has successfully performed at Golden Sparkles European Music Festival held in Varna, Bulgaria.

Sparkles European Music Festival aims to establish the intercultural dialogue among the younger generations, as well as ensure creative exchange among young artists from different countries.

The festival was attended by young artists from the UK, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, France, Greece.

Azerbaijan at the festival was represented by Mehrin Velizade, Surin Velizade and Aylin Najafli, Trend Life reported.

The young trio, who appeared on the stage in the national costumes, performed Azerbaijani folk song "Yellow Bride" in the synthesis of music and dance in Azerbaijani and English.  The performance was highly appreciated by jury of the festival.

The Azerbaijani artists also took the second place in "Song" nomination. They performed song  "Hold my hand" dedicated to children with autism.

The author of the lyrics is-Jamil Allahverdiyev, music -honored artist Vugar Jamalzade.

The head of the children's group Theatre-Studio "Oyuq" is  Saida Hagverdiyeva.

The delegation also included the Chairman of the Youth Association ADDIM Huseyn Javadzadeh.