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 At the middle of July Will Prentice, the musicologist from British Library National Sound Archive visited Azerbaijan. In the Archive, he became aware of some old discs, made by the Gramophone Company in the Caucasus and Central Asia, which seemed very interesting. Among the collection in the National Sound Archive are two recordings by Jabbar Karyagdy. Will came to Azerbaijan to research the musical and social contexts. He was trying to understand the environment in which the recordings were made, and also, to gauge their significance today.
During his stay Mr. Prentice visited Azerbaijan State Archive of Sound Records, State Museum of Music Culture, U.Hajibeyov's memorial house and made provisions for future cooperation. Also, he had been very satisfying to speak to people such as Dr. Tariel Mamedov, who not only appreciate Karyagdy's art, but also are working to preserve it for the future.
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 The rehearsals and preliminary hearings with participation of world-known cellist Yo-Yo Ma were held from June 1 to 10, 2000 in Tanglewood, U.S.A. Among performed works the ones of Azerbaijani composers: "Caravan" of Javanshir Guliyev for flute, cello and saz, and "Dervish" for chamber orchestra with ney, tutek and ganon of Firangiz Alizadeh were performed. This works were specially ordered by "Silk Road" organisation for further performance at festivals devoted to cultures of nations living along the Silk Road. Festivals will be held during years of 2001 and 2002 at 14 countries of the world - Japan, China, Austria, France, Holland, Germany, U.S.A., Belgium, etc.
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Famous composer Firangiz Alizadeh, an author of series of works performed around the world, had been to Baku for a short time. She is an owner of prestigious grant of DAAD foundation and is living in Berlin now. Firangiz-khanym had the meeting with her colleagues, students and representatives of media at Baku Arts and Culture Information Centre.
From Baku Firangiz-khanym left for San Francisco where the rehearsals of her new work with world known Kronos Quartet will be held.
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At "Regus" business centre on September 15, the presentation of english and azeri multi-media web-sites was held.
- Composers and musicologists of Azerbaijan
- "Musiqi Dunyasy" magazine (3 issues)
The presentation was dedicated to 115-th birthday of Uzeyir Hajibeyov and organized by Composer's Union of Azerbaijan, "Musiqi Dunyasy" magazine, Baku Arts and Culture Information Centre, "Regus" business centre and IREX.
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