Azerbaijan's rich cultural heritage, music, traditional dances, cuisine and customs have been showcased at a series of ...

Azerbaijan has lost one of the defining figures of its modern musical life. Tofig Bakikhanov, the celebrated composer, ...

Mustafa-Zadeh's deep knowledge of Azerbaijani mugham and modern jazz enabled him to create a new direction in ethno-jazz; Azerbaijani jazz, or jazz mugham. March 16, 2025, would mark the 85th birthday ...

BAKU Lifting his daf, a traditional Azerbaijani tambourine, to his ear, Mutalim Damirov begins to sing. As his voice rises to a long ululating lament, Damirov closes his eyes, lost in the ancient ...

The 2nd Opera Days project, which for several days presented audiences with outstanding examples of world and Azerbaijani opera art, concluded with a spectacular premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera ...

Mugham, the indigenous classical music of Azerbaijan, belongs to a transnational tradition of urban classical or court music that flourished in the great cultural centers of North Africa, the Middle ...

Flicking through my camera roll at the airport, it’s difficult to fathom everything I’d packed into less than a week. There are shots of me soaking up the beach, living it up at a music festival, and ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...