KARABAKH is a region of Azerbaijan which has been under the occupation of Armenia since the war broke out between the two states in 1988-1994. Around 30,000 people have been killed and one million Azerbaijanis have become refugees in their own homeland. Today the negotiations are being held, albeit with no result. We hope that soon all occupied territories will be freed from the Armenian occupation and wait eagerly for the day when the refugees will return to their homeland who now live in miserable conditions, in wagons and camps.
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Bul-Bul
(1897-1971)
Born in Shusha, in the Nagorno Karabakh region, Bul-Bul (meaning nightingale) is Emblematic of Azerbaijan, as an artist who made the best synthesis of east and west. Having started his career as a "khanade" folk singer, in 1921 he entered the Azerbaijan State conservatoire to get a classical musical education, later completing his studies in Milan. With these experiences, he went on to transfer his oriental singing into the European singing school, in the process creating a new vocal tradition in Azerbaijan, probably one of the first experiments in what is now called "World Music". He was a singer, an actor, a teacher, a musical researcher and innovator, attracting the highest honours conferred by the government of his time. In Baku you can visit the Bul-bul Museum on 15 Bul-bul Av.
Born in Shusha, in the Nagorno Karabakh region, Bul-Bul (meaning nightingale) is Emblematic of Azerbaijan, as an artist who made the best synthesis of east and west. Having started his career as a "khanade" folk singer, in 1921 he entered the Azerbaijan State conservatoire to get a classical musical education, later completing his studies in Milan. With these experiences, he went on to transfer his oriental singing into the European singing school, in the process creating a new vocal tradition in Azerbaijan, probably one of the first experiments in what is now called "World Music". He was a singer, an actor, a teacher, a musical researcher and innovator, attracting the highest honours conferred by the government of his time. In Baku you can visit the Bul-bul Museum on 15 Bul-bul Av.
