State Philharmonic to pay tribute to Gara Garayev

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

The concert on the occasion of the 97th birthday anniversary of the immortal composer of Azerbaijani music, Gara Garayev, will be held in the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic named after Muslim Magomayev in Baku on February 5.

The event which will start at 19:00 will include performances of the Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra named after Gara Garayev, headed by conductor Teymur Geychayev.

The program will also include the string quartet #2 by Arnold Schonberg, prelude and scherzo of Dmitriy Shostakovich, as well as “I Loved You” and “In the Hills of Georgia” romances performed by Farida Aliyeva, the honored artist. The Orchestra Alfred Schnittke together with soloist Fagan Hasanli will give you a pleasure time.

The address of the Hall is Istiglaliyyat street, 10. The ticket price strands at 4 to 15 manats.

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.

The great composer juxtaposed features of Mugham with jazz, blues, African music, European counterpoint styles, and developments related to the 20th century Western music such as the 12-tone technique.

His music combines a strict, logical spirit of classicism with a poignant, romantic passion. After years of creating consonant and tonal pieces, he turned to a dissonant style in which links with folklore became less obvious, especially in such works as the Third Symphony and Violin Concerto.