Baku hosts one more concert by Emin Agalarov

Source: AzerNews

Emin Agalarov, a popular Azerbaijani singer and outstanding songwriter, gave an annual concert at the Green Theater in Baku on July 11.

Emin again showed great skill and scenic art, amazing Baku music lovers.

The audience watched a vivid musical show accompanied by a string orchestra and a live band, 3D mapping installations, with an impeccable sound and indescribable atmosphere.

"This theater is dear to me first of all because this is where I gave my first concert in Baku, and the fact that this theater always hosts such a lovely audience, performing for whom is just a pleasure," he said.

During the two-hour concert Emin performed some 20 songs, including hits and new compositions.

He also performed the "Blue Eternity" and "Golden ray of sunlight" songs of his idol and mentor, a close friend of the family, legendary Azerbaijani late singer and composer Muslim Magomayev.

Magomayev's wife, People's Artist of the USSR Tamara Sinyavskaya watched the concert.

The special guest of the evening was Azerbaijan representative at Eurovision 2013 in Malmo Farid Mammadov, who performed "Hold Me" and also presented a song in Russian.

Emin also presented to the Baku public his first single "Amor" from the new album as well as a music video featuring Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo, which was shot in Los Angeles.

The music video topped one million views on You Tube in its first month of release and is now at more than 1.3 million. This is the highest number of views ever for Emin's music videos and so far, it has only been released in Russia and Azerbaijan.

In July and August Amor will be launched in Britain and Europe before its release in North and South America later this year.

Emin is currently traveling the globe promoting "Amor," the first single from his upcoming debut pop-dance CD.

Emin, a star in both Azerbaijan and Russia, and a rising star in the UK, where his second international album "After the Thunder" was released in May, is well versed in performing to arena scale audiences.

Emin, who was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, was three when his family moved to Moscow. As a teenager, Emin studied in Europe, which opened his mind to the world. A few years later he completed his education in the U.S. where his lifelong interest in music began to move to the forefront.

His first studio album, Still, was released in 2006, selling in the first six months 70,000 copies in Russia, and an additional 30,000 in CIS countries.

Emin released an album a year for the next three years -- "Incredible" (2007), "Obsession" (2008) and "Devotion" (2009). Each was supported by live performances in Moscow and Baku.

In 2010, Emin relocated to London to work with Brian Rawling, an internationally acclaimed producer, and his team of artists at Metrophonic Studios. The result of the partnership was two international albums, "Wonder" (2011) and "After the Thunder" (2012).

In September 2012 he opened for Jennifer Lopez at her sell-out concert in Baku's Crystal Hall. The event was attended by 25,000 fans.

Emin has appeared on BBC Breakfast Time, CBS New York, Fox Good Day, Fuse TV, ITV's Daybreak to name a few; and has been profiled in Esquire, The London Sunday Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC.co.uk, The Sun, The Independent, among dozens of others.