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April 12-13, 2019. Festival “A Year of Nasimi–a Language of Nasimi”

April 12-13, 2019

Festival “A Year of Nasimi–a Language of Nasimi”.

On April 12-13, 2019, the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan Republic, Union of Theatre Workers of Azerbaijan and the Baku Children's Theatre organized the festival “A Year of Nasimi –A Language of Nasimi”, dedicated to the 650thanniversary of the great Azerbaijani poet Imadaddin Nasimi.

Students of the Academic Musical Theatre, the Academic Russian Drama Theatre, the Azerbaijan State Drama Theatre, the Theatre of Young Spectators, the creative staff of the Sumgayit State Drama Theatre, students of the University of Culture and Arts took part in the festival, which was situated in the Actor House named after A.M. Sharifzade.

The festival was opened by the Deputy Chairman of the Union of Theatre Workers of Azerbaijan, People’s Artist, State Prize laureate Haji Ismayilov. He spoke about the importance of the festival “A Year of Nasimi - the Language of Nasimi”, which reflected the genius of Nasimi, sounded bright examples of the great poet. On the first day of the festival, the participants presented ghazals, written by Nasimi, compositions based on his works. The next day, there provided the award ceremony.

In conclusion, the director of the Baku Children’s Theatre Intigam Soltan expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan Republic, Union of Theatre Workers of Azerbaijan and all participants.