The International Day of Azerbaijani mugham and the music day of the Silk Road countries are celebrated today.
The decision to celebrate the holiday was made by the City Hall of the Canadian city of Niagara and the leadership of the traditional annual International Niagara Music Festival in 2010.
Mugam is one of the ancient oriental music genres that came into the world culture at the beginning of the XX century. And in 1971, the traditional Azerbaijani music was included in UNESCO’s ‘Anthology of Traditional Music of the world’.
After Azerbaijan became an independent country, the national mugham art reached a new, previously unseen level.
Preservation of traditional musical heritage of the Azerbaijani culture has largely to do with activities organized at the initiative of the First Lady of Azerbaijan, President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO, MP, Mehriban Aliyeva.
The inclusion of mugham into the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO shows Azerbaijan's contribution to the world culture.
Today, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Azerbaijani Culture Foundation made a huge contribution to the promotion of mugham in the world. Thanks to the funds, the country has implemented a series of large-scale projects, organized mugham contests, recorded the album 'Karabakh singers’, began to publish ‘Mugham’ and ‘The Encyclopedia of Mugham magazines.
The first mugham textbook, the ‘Azerbaijani Mugham’ multimedia collection, which consists of 8 pieces, was written with the help of modern technologies.
The people of Azerbaijan is one of the most ancient peoples of the world, and they are proud of their rich musical culture.
