Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation (ACFF) - is a charity foundation of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. The foundation is non-governmental.

History

Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation was founded in 1995.

Mehriban Aliyeva Mehriban Arif gizi Aliyeva (; born 26 August 1964) is an Azerbaijani politician and physician who is the Vice President of Azerbaijan, vice president and First Lady of Azerbaijan, First Lady of Azerbaijan. She is married to Ilham Aliyev, the pre ...

, goodwill ambassador of

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and

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, and Member of Parliament, is the

chairperson The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a Board of directors, board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by ...

of the foundation.

The object of the foundation

The foundation's object is to popularize and publicize the national culture, introduce the culture to foreign countries, integrate Azerbaijani people into the global culture, and make new international relations. The work of the Foundation is divided into 3 sectors: cultural events, charity actions, and publication.

Activity

Organizing jubilee nights for famous art figures of

, publish several magazine and CDs for art of Azerbaijan. Foundation organizes concerts,

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...

performances, presentations. Among the famous events that foundation held is "Great Silk Road" International

Classical Music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical mu ...

Festival and Days of

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

n Culture held together with SEBA (Seoul-Baku) Azerbaijan-Korean Cultural Exchange Association. The main objective of the foundation is to popularize Azerbaijan

Mugham Mugham () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik. It is an art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific local modes. Mugham is a modal system. ...

on the world-scale. "Baku Mugham Center" was founded as a step in this direction. The music album "

Karabakh Karabakh ( ; ) is a geographic region in southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras. It is divided into three regions: Highland Kara ...

khanendeleri", "

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

Fall" international festival IX East-West International

Film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

Festival in Baku, "Advertisement Greedy Night" are also held within the framework of the foundation's activity plan.

References

External links

Mehriban Əliyeva - Azərbaycanın birinci xanımı
{{Authority control Foundations based in Azerbaijan