12 November 2025 | 19:30 Alte Feuerwache – Kulturhaus Friedrichshain Marchlewskistraße 6, 10243 Berlin
Commemorating the founder of modern Azerbaijani classical music – creator of the first Oriental opera Leyli and Majnun and pioneer of the mugham-opera genre – this exclusive event explores Hajibeyli’s transformative legacy. Prof. Franghiz Ali-Zadeh elucidates the mugam modal system as a symphonic principle and its fusion with Western forms. Augmented by rare archival recordings documenting Hajibeyli’s polyphonic innovations and cultural synthesis.
An essential discourse on the genesis of Azerbaijani musical modernity.
