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Azerbaijan’s National Flag Day celebrated in Monterey, California
Azerbaijan’s National Flag Day was celebrated with a ceremony in the City of Monterey of the U.S. State of California on November 7, 2017. Hosted by the Monterey City Council in the City Hall, the event was attended by the City leadership, businesspersons, representatives of mass media, arts and culture as well as professors and students of the renowned Monterey-based graduate schools of the U.S. Department of Defense. It is noteworthy that Monterey and the City of Lankaran in Azerbaijan have enjoyed a sister-city relationship since 2011.
Azerbaijani Classical Music mesmerizes the audience in Sacramento, California’s capital city
The Sacramento Youth Symphony performed on November 5, 2017 in the U.S. State of California’s capital city of Sacramento some of the best compositions of the Azerbaijani classical music by world-famous composers Fikret Amirov and Niyazi. The concert that took place at the historic Crest Theater of the Golden State’s capital attracted close to 1000 classical music aficionados of the city. The concert was held, inter alia, with the support of Azerbaijan’s Consulate General in Los Angeles.
Jazzman Isfar Sarabski raises the roof in Reims
Now in its third edition, the Sunnyside Jazz Festival in Reims – produced by Jazzus Productions – is rapidly evolving into one of the foremost French showcases for the world’s great jazz musicians. Established with the “desire to open the public to various original forms of music” and to prove that “jazz is a living music”, the festival constantly pushes the boundaries between different genres of jazz and what is considered by many to fall under the criteria of ‘jazz’. This was particularly evident on the afternoon of 5 November, which featured two groundbreaking musicians. The first was Azerbaijani pianist–composer Isfar Sarabski, winner of the 2009 Solo Piano Prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose appearance was made possible by the Paris office of The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS). He seamlessly combines jazz and funk with the mugham of his homeland and influences from the classics.
