2024-06-30 00:02:22
A live performance entitled “Give me a smile” was held on the Azerbaijan Cultural Middle in Vienna, devoted to the a centesimal anniversary of the excellent jazz musician, saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, conductor, folks’s artist of Azerbaijan Tofig Akhmedov (1924-1981), the music director of the Vienna State College informed Day.Az. cultural group Tradition Assembly Level and head of the Vienna Music College Musik macht Freude, PhD in artwork historical past Farah Tairova.
The night was organized by the Vienna music faculty Musik macht Freude with the help of the Tradition Assembly Level, the Vienna Metropolis Corridor, the Vienna dance studio Solar Dance Firm and the Azerbaijan Cultural Middle in Vienna (Aserbaidschanisches Kulturzentrum Wien).
On the opening, Farah Tairova, expressing gratitude to the director of the Azerbaijan Cultural Middle in Vienna Leyla Gasimova for her help within the implementation of the challenge, spoke concerning the life and work of Tofig Akhmedov, who wrote his title within the historical past of Azerbaijani jazz music, the creation and actions of the Selection Orchestra of the Azerbaijan State Tv and Radio, which he led for 21 years. It was famous that Tofig Akhmedov was the grandfather of the previous Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Austria Fuad Ismayilov (1968-2011).
“This challenge is one other cultural bridge between the East and the West, geared toward additional growing cultural ties between Austria and Azerbaijan. The live performance program, together with the works of Tofig Akhmedov, additionally included works by the excellent composer Gara Garayev, Austrian classics and different well-known European composers of various musical eras,” Farah Tairova informed Day.Az.
The performances of Solar Dance Firm, Musik macht Freude and the Vienna Metropolis Music Gymnasium, the presentation of well-known works by Tofig Akhmedov had been met with nice curiosity and applause by the visitors of the night. A pupil of Musik macht Freude and the Vienna Metropolis Music Gymnasium, laureate of worldwide competitions, soloist of the choir of the Vienna State Opera, 13-year-old pianist and composer Norbert Ebner carried out Tofig Akhmedov’s well-known track “Give me a smile” (Güldür məni) and his personal composition “Sunny Waltz”, devoted to the anniversary of the Grasp. The live performance was accompanied by fascinating stories from youngsters concerning the work of Tofig Akhmedov, and a photograph archive of the Grasp with well-known compositions and unforgettable interpretations was additionally introduced.
Among the many visitors had been members of Tofig Akhmedov’s household, representatives of diplomatic missions and diaspora organizations, cultural and scientific figures, representatives of the inventive intelligentsia and the general public.