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Samarkand's Sharq Taronalari Festival 2005
Aygun Baylar Wins International Music Competition in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan share many cultural ties - not only historical and linguistic. The dynamic nature of these connections became an unexpected dimension of my most recent trip to Uzbekistan this summer.
The focus of this, my eleventh, trip to Uzbekistan was the Fifth Sharq Taronalari (Melodies of the East) [in Azeri, Sharq Taranalari] International Music Festival, held from August 24-31, 2005, in Samarkand. Deemed one of the world's most important festivals of Asian music, the Sharq Taronalari Festival takes place every two years, attracting the finest professional musicians from all over the world. The competition, founded in 1997, is sponsored by UNESCO to bring together people through the beauty of classical Oriental music. This year more than 50 countries were represented.
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