The project “Cultural Wealth of the People” (Xalqın mədəni sərvəti), dedicated to a prominent representative of the Azerbaijani school of mugham, People’s Artist Seyid Shushinsky, presented by the Ganja State Philharmonic named after Fikret Amirov, has been completed, the press service of the Philharmonic told Day.Az.
At the closing ceremony, held at the Urban Philharmonic Center, accompanied by the People’s Artist Adilya Bayramova (narrow), Ulfata Akberova (kamancha), soloists Shirkhan Jahangirov, Zamina Mustafayeva The compositions “Karabakh”, “Mahur tesnifleri”, “Kheyrati mugam”, “Gullu gafia”, “Segah tesnifi” were performed.
The main goal of the project “Cultural Heritage of the People” is the promotion of classical examples of musical art of Azerbaijan, educational activities with the aim of bringing folk music to the general public and modern youth. As part of the project, a series of events are dedicated to prominent cultural and artistic figures. Previously, evenings dedicated to the classics of composer art Fikret Amirov, Gara Garayev, Suleiman Alesgarov, and mugham performer Jabbar Garyagdyoglu were presented.
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Seyid Shushinsky (Mir Mohsun-aga Seyid Ibrahim oglu Shushinsky) was born on April 12, 1889 in Goradiz. Seyid Shushinsky mastered the secrets of vocal art, having studied for two years first with Navvab, and then with Jabbar Garyagdyoglu, who considered him “the pearl of oriental music.” With skill he performed the Chargah mugham, which is considered especially difficult for singers. He was an excellent performer of the Makhur, Nava, Mani, Arazbara, and Khairat mugams. Being an innovative singer, he united many mugams and sang them in new versions.
When performing mugams and tesnifs, he turned to the “ghazals” of the classics of poetry Hafiz, Fizuli, Seyid Azim Shirvani, as well as to the poems of his contemporaries – Javid and Sabir, and was the first Azerbaijani khanende who selected poems for singing on socio-political motives. He was friends with such progressive figures of his time as Jalil Mammadguluzade, Abdurragim-bek Akhverdov, Huseyn Javid, Huseyn Arablinsky. He provided financial assistance for the publication of several issues of the famous satirical magazine “Molla Nasreddin”, and also financially helped many khanenda and actors. The khanende died on November 1, 1965.