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Gochag Askarov
Gochag Muharram oglu Askarov (; born 27 December 1978 in Ghouchahmedli, Fuzuli District, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is an Azerbaijani khananda A khananda ( ; ; alternative spellings in English: khanende, khanande, khanandeh) is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Culture of Azerbaijan, Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer". When performin ... folk singer and piano player. Early career Gochag Askarov was born in 1978 in Karabakh, Garabagh, Azerbaijan. He enrolled for music school but soon had to stop his music studies in 1992 with the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenian occupation of Garabagh. His family fled and wandered from town to town until they settled in Baku. In 1998 he was accepted to the Baku Music College to the class of Mugham vocals. From 2004 to 2008 he studied music and traditional vocals at the Baku Academy of Music, National Conservatoire in Baku. In 2006 while being a student he took part in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qoçəhmədli
Qoçəhmədli (also, Ghouchahmedli and Kochakhmedli) is a village in the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan. It was occupied by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh since the First Nagorno-Karabakh war The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nag ... until its recapture by Azerbaijan on 17 October 2020. Notable natives * Gochag Askarov, folk singer and piano player See also * Gochahmadli Mosque References * Populated places in Fuzuli District {{Fuzuli-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOMAD Festival
WOMAD ( ; World of Music, Arts and Dance) is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance. History WOMAD was founded in 1980 by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, with Thomas Brooman, Bob Hooton, Mark Kidel, Stephen Pritchard, Martin Elbourne and Jonathan Arthur. Original designers were Steve Byrne and Valerie Hawthorn. The first WOMAD festival was in Shepton Mallet, UK in 1982. The audience saw Peter Gabriel, Don Cherry (trumpeter), Don Cherry, The Beat (British band), The Beat, Drummers of Burundi, Echo & The Bunnymen, Imrat Khan, Prince Nico Mbarga, Peter Hammill, Simple Minds, Suns of Arqa, The Chieftains and Ekome National Dance Company, founded by Barrington, Angie, Pauline and Lorna Anderson, the pioneering African arts company in the UK amongst others performing. Peter Gabriel's performance included a dynamic inclusion of the Ekome National Dance Company, fusing live African Drums on Gabriel's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
