The people's artist of Azerbaijan, professor of the Baku Academy of Music, pianist Ulviyya Hajibeyova performed in the Myaskovsky Concert Hall at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. "It is no coincidence that I perform at the Moscow Conservatory. I was trained by such great musicians as Jacob Isaakovich Milstein at the Moscow Conservatory. Playing here is the dream of every pianist. My favorite composers studied here. And today's program is composed of my favorite composers' works: Faraj Garayev, Ismail Hajibeyov, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Vsevolod Zaderatsky," Ulviyya Hajibeyova told Vestnik Kavkaza.
"Today's concert is a presentation of different styles of music, ranging from Erik Satie, who was a precursor to such movements as impressionism, constructivism, primitivism, neo-classicism. Igor Stravinsky, perhaps the greatest composer of the 20th century, who embraced everything possible with his work. Proponent of Soviet music Vsevolod Petrovich Zaderatsky with his wonderful Second Sonata, which has a very unusual structure, thinking and musical language. And, finally, a generation, which is also close to the classics - Faraj Garayev with the Second sonata for piano and Ismail Hajibeyov with Paganini Variations. These names represent a musical panorama of the 20th century," the leading expert of the Contemporary Music Association, Doctor of Arts Rauf Farkhadov told Vestnik Kavkaza.
"This concert is part of a cycle of six concerts that will take place in the chamber halls of the Moscow Conservatory. The cycle is called 'Azerbaijani musicians in the chamber halls of the Moscow Conservatory'. In addition to Ulviyya Hajibeyova, there will be performances of pianist Gulsen Annagiyeva, two violinists Osman Ayoblu and Elvin Khoja Ganiyev, ensemble of soloists of the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra and vocalist Farida Mammadova. The program of the cycle is designed to cover different performers - vocalists, pianists, violinists, an ensemble of soloists. We want to show the performing art of modern Azerbaijan," Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan, professor at the Moscow Conservatory and the Baku Music Academy Faraj Karayev told Vestnik Kavkaza.
