

Rachmaninoff Spring in Turkmenistan - music for all times
The Maya Kulieva Turkmen National Conservatory holds a series of concerts dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff


The Maya Kulieva Turkmen National Conservatory holds a series of concerts dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff


Can musical art and exact sciences intersect? Yes! To a person not connected with music, this may seem absurd, but in fact, there is sometimes more mathematical order and clarity in music even than in mathematics itself. And this was vividly demonstrated in his lecture on contemporary music by Suhan Tuyliyev, a well-known composer, Honored Artist of Turkmenistan, teacher of the Maya Kuliyeva Turkmen National Conservatory, author of books and textbooks and a music researcher.


"To see Paris is the greatest happiness. The capital of France left an indelible impression on me," People's Artist of Turkmenistan Annadurdy Muradaliyev recalls at the opening ceremony of the Paris-Mary exhibition.


The famous Italian guitarist and composer Antonio Onorato gave a solo concert at the Magtymguly National Music and Drama Theater in honor of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and Italy.


Mamed Guseynov is a native of Turkmenistan, composer, public figure and laureate of prestigious creative competitions. For us, he is known, first of all, as a propagandist of Turkmen musical culture abroad, as the creator and art director of the Moscow International Art Festival "Sounds of Dutar" named after Nury Halmamedov.


Not so long ago, the recognized master of Turkmen music, composer Danatar Hydyrov received a message from his respected mentor - Russian composer, Honored Artist and professor of the Moscow Conservatory Konstantin Batashov and shared this pleasant news with us.


"This carousel is for children like us," one of the members of the creative association headed by Oksana Bagramova and Alina Gosteva, whose young wards sparkled on the stage of the Turkmenistan Concert Hall on Sunday evening, sang in a slightly trembling with excitement, but with such a beautiful young voice.


A fascinating one and a half hour immersion in the world of modern music was a lecture by People's Artist of Turkmenistan Danatar Khydyrov, held at the Turkmen National Conservatory named after Maya Kuliyeva. The master's meeting with the students took place within the framework of the "Year of Contemporary Music" - a new art project organized by the teachers of the Department of Composition and Instrument Studies on the initiative of the Rector of the Conservatory.


This almost detective musical story is connected with a work that many Turkmens have come to love. Once the People's Artist of Turkmenistan Atageldy Garyadgdiyev was invited by the bride's father as a guest at the wedding. The father of the girl who got married asked the famous singer to sing so that he could dance a slow waltz with his daughter. Maestro Garyagdiyev, of course, agreed.


While on one of his tours abroad, Turkmen violinist Bahram Dolyev, having attended a chamber music concert, decided to create a collective of the same format upon arrival. From that moment, we can say, the chronicle of the musical collective "Camerata Ashgabat" began, although at that time Bahram himself was still studying at the conservatory and the suffix "hiv" was not used at all when referring to him. Today he is Bahram Byashimovich, a teacher at the Turkmen National Conservatory, a laureate and winner of many awards in various creative competitions. And then, he was just a student dreaming of his creative team, together with which it would be possible to create interesting concert programs. Bahram nurtured the idea for a long time, looked closely at the repertoire, assessed his strength and capabilities, thinking about all the difficulties that could be on the way.


On Saturday and Sunday evenings, the Ashgabat Palace of Mukam presented the audience with a concert entitled "Songs of Our Youth". Clarification of whose youth, that is, what age category was meant by the word "ours" in the poster, was not required. The expectations of the public somehow correlated with what was popular 50 years ago, and what we heard 20-30, or even 10 or even 5 years ago, because we were younger then too.


The Turkmen National Institute of World Languages named after D.Azadi has a book club where prose lovers learn to perceive books in a new way, extracting maximum benefit from reading.


Someone is looking for a favorite thing all his life, or for many decades, it finds someone by itself, without asking once entering fate and staying in it forever, as it happened with the amazing master Alexey Kiselyov from Ashgabat.


Ashgabat. Yunus Restaurant. ORIENT is visiting one of the best pastry designers, founder of the Yunus brand and participant of the Russian culinary show "Pastry Chef" Byashim Soltanov.


Has a little girl from the provincial town of Dashoguz ever thought that one day she will become a famous fashion designer and will live and teach in Paris at the Advanced School of Fashion? She will be addressed only as a professor, and students will catch her every word to learn how to create outfits that will conquer catwalks in different countries of the world. Rather, it was a childhood dream, for the realization of which you first need to buy a ticket to the same Paris. This will definitely happen, but later. And until that day, a whole life and a lot of events will pass before the story of the Turkmen Frenchwoman who conquered the Champs-Elysees begins.