Baku, Azerbaijan, March 22. Permanent
Representation of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe organized a
mugham concert in Strasbourg on the occasion of Novruz holiday, the
permanent representation told Trend.
The concert, which took place in the ancient church of
Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune in the city centre, was attended by officials
of the Council of Europe, representatives of the diplomatic corps,
local community representatives and members of the Azerbaijani
community.
Speaking at the event, the Permanent Representative of
Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe Fakhraddin Ismayilov informed
the participants about the Novruz holiday and the cultural heritage
of the Azerbaijani people. He also recalled that in 2010, the
United Nations General Assembly declared March 21 as “International
Novruz Day”, and in 2016, Nowruz was included in the UNESCO
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Humanity.
Numerous participants of the concert were presented with a
musical program, prepared mainly around the theme of the Novruz
holiday and the arrival of spring, performed by talented and famous
singers of Azerbaijan Ravana Gurbanova and Miralam Miralamov,
accompanied by tar player Rovshan Gurbanov and kamancha player
Togrul Asadullayev. Samples of Azerbaijani mugham were met with
admiration and applause.