The XIV Elena Obraztsova International Competition for Young Opera Singers started on Wednesday in St. Petersburg immediately from the second round. 56 performers from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Mongolia will compete, TASS reports.

The electronic database "Shusha – the cultural capital of the Turkic world" was prepared and presented to users by the staff of the National Library of Azerbaijan named after M.F. Akhundzade.

The Swedish city of Malmo will become one of the biggest concert venues next year – the 68th International Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be held here in May, Interfax reports with reference to the organizers.

The picture of the Turkmen director Sahysalyh Bayramov "Gyzyl Kurte" was among the nominees for the "Best Film of Central Asia" award of the national film Award of Kyrgyzstan "Ak ilbirs" ("White Leopard"), AKIrgess reports.

A personal exhibition of works by People's Artist of Turkmenistan, sculptor Babasary Annamuradov, will open in Moscow on July 15 at the State Museum of Oriental Art. This is the first exposition of the Turkmen sculptor in the Russian capital, although his works are well known to the Moscow audience, writes Kultura.RF.

Such concerts are called by the listeners only as cozy and atmospheric, and evenings in the style of " nostalgia" are always in favor with music lovers. The musicians of the State Symphony Orchestra of Turkmenistan, conducted by conductor Rasul Klychev, prepared an exciting concert program for their fans - symphonic compositions, songs and soundtracks written by Soviet and Turkmen composers for cult films of the USSR era, which became hits of the cinema.

The book "Turkmen Musical Literature" has been published - this is the first textbook in Turkmenistan about the work of professional composers, written in the Turkmen language and intended for children's music schools.

For the first time, the "Voice of Asia" sounded over the mountains of Alma-Ata in 1990. For 15 years, the festival has been not only one of the most significant cultural events of the Eurasian continent, but also a symbol of the musical life of the region, a center of attraction for talents. In 1994, the Voice of Asia festival received a special award from the Cannes Festival of World Show Business, in 1998, the International Federation of Festival Organizers awarded it the title of the best festival in the world.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev awarded orders to the members of the Yalla ensemble in connection with the 50th anniversary of the formation of the collective.

The story happened 15 years ago in Tashkent, where two married couples met by chance – the newlyweds Govher and Romain Gouvernet, who came to the Uzbek capital from Ashgabat for work, and the famous composer Pierre Tilua and his wife Greta Komur, who found themselves in Uzbekistan as part of the Bukhara Violin music project.