Painting with music
"The first thing that springs to mind when one thinks of Azerbaijan are the colours and hues, their depth and intensity. And it is above all colour that one sees when hearing the music of Azerbaijani composers. In their tonal discoveries – their musical palette – the listener is initiated into the mysteries of Azerbaijan’s nature, of the couleur locale of everyday life, of the splendour of national feast days." Pianist Olga Domnina
Homerton is delighted to be hosting a recital by pianist Olga Domnina in which she explores the classical piano music of Azerbaijan.
7.30pm, on Saturday 3 February 2024 (rescheduled from November 2023)
Tickets:
Adults: £10
HCMS members: £2
Under 18s: £1
*Pre-booking is now closed for this event, but tickets will be available on the door on a first-come, first-served basis.*
Programme:
"Rahilia Hassanova recalls for the listener the works of early Chagall. Delicate hues used by the formidable Faradzh Karaev, Qara Qarayev’s son, convey the tragic, and at times sarcastic, dimensions of life, and seem drawn from the expressionist paint box of Egon Schiele. The passion clad in sombre thick daubs on the canvases of Oscar Kokoschka is reborn in the works of Elmir Mirzoev."
The programme includes works by:
Rahilia Hasanova
Faradzh Karaev
Elmir Mirzoev
Ayaz Gambarly
Qara Qarayev
Biography
Olga is a Gold Medal graduate of the Gnesin Institute of Music in Moscow and in 2009 she completed the two-year Diploma in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She now lives in Italy, where she is a permanent resident, but is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan to promote music by Azerbaijani composers.
These include Qara Qarayev, who succeeded in creating, practically from nothing, an entirely new school of composition in his native Azerbaijan. Qarayev’s idea of expressing the principles and traditions of his ethnos by modern European musical means has echoed through several generations of his pupils. Many staples of Azeri culture, from Tebriz carpets to ancient theatrical performances and Sufi rituals, would be reflected in the works of future Azerbaijani composers, who, after the fall of the Soviet regime and the proclamation of independence, took advantage of freedom of movement to travel abroad for the first time.
Click here to watch Olga play.
