BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 27. The online
conference titled “Building Musical Bridges: Through Research and
Unity of Scholars”, dedicated to the creative path of
Azerbaijani-American musicologist, educator, and Doctor of
Philosophy in Art Studies Aida Huseynova, has been held, Trend reports.
The conference was organized by the Azerbaijan-American Music
Foundation (AAMF) with the support of the State Committee on Work
with Diaspora of Azerbaijan.
Scholars and researchers from Azerbaijan, the U.S., Japan, the
UK, Russia, and Canada participated in the event.
At the opening of the conference, Jamila Javadova-Spitzberg,
founder and executive director of AAMF, spoke about Huseynova’s
rich scholarly work and creative achievements.
Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Diaspora,
Elshad Aliyev, highly appreciated the conference’s contribution to
intercultural musical dialogue and wished the participants
success.
More than 80 participants attended the event, where a
competition for the “Aida Huseynova – Best Article Award” was
held.
Based on the evaluation results, the best authors were
selected.
First place was awarded to Rena Fakhreddova and Tina Mohandas,
second place went to Alexandria Sultan von Brusedorf and Humay
Ahmadova, and third place was given to Aleksei Rumyantsev and
Behrang Nikaeen. An encouragement award was presented to Polina
Desyatnichenko.
To note, Aida Huseynova is the author of the fundamental
monograph “Music of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera” (Indiana
University Press), holding great scholarly and cultural
significance as the only comprehensive study of Azerbaijani
classical music written in English.
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