Concert of Folk Music: World of Mugham

Experience Mugham, a unique musical and poetic phenomenon, created based on historical and cultural traditions that existed for centuries.

Mugham is one of the most valuable monuments of the material and spiritual culture of Azerbaijan. Lyrical music of Mugham attracts with its delightful sounds. Those who did not grow up listening to Mugham often describe it as evoking a magical feeling of being transported by a musical scale. Varieties of compositions are performed by a group of musicians, consisting of a singer, or “khanende”, a “gaval” percussion instrument player, and a musician on either the stringed musical instruments “tar” or “kamancha.”

In 2003, UNESCO recognized the Azerbaijani Mugham as a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Honoured artists:
Ehtiram Huseynov (khanende), Fikrat Verdiyev, Sevinj Sarimova & Toghrul Asadullayev.

Performance of Musicians of the Khan Shushinsky Foundation Musicians is organized with the support of the Embassy of Azerbaijan.