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Azerbaijan State Philharmonic on 14 December hosted final concert to wrap up the Second Mstislav Rostropovich International Festival, supported by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The concert featured works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Mendelson, performed by Azerbaijan State Symphonic Orchestra under direction of Maxim Vengerov, known as one of the world’s most exciting violinists, taught by Mstislav Rostropovich. Australian violinist Ray Chen, who was invited to play solo, has won hearts of Baku music lovers.
During the week Baku was enthralled with Mstislav Rostropovich Festival. This time both Baku and foreign music teams, including Uzeir Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Symphonic Orchestra, “Moscow Soloists” group, the Symphonic Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi of Milano, and young performers representing Galina Vishnevskaya’s Center of Opera Singing teamed up for rare festival event.
“Baku is a momentous city for me and all pupils of Rostropovich. Maestro loved this amazing city and used to come here… Since Rostropovich was a man of great sense of humor, I would like to wrap up this concert with cheerful and optimistic “Hungarian Dance” by Brahms”, Maxim Vengerov said.
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