EMBRACED WITH MUSIC

Experimental music evening named ‘CornisYa Rising. Just Music’ has taken place in the Art and Fact Gallery in Tashkent. Those who came to the concert also enjoyed the opening ceremony of the solo exhibition of Saidbek Sabirbaev ‘Someone with Me.’

The exhibition presents paintings in the style of neo-realism. The artist has devoted a number of his works, including ‘Love of Omirbek Lakka’, ‘Cho’girma’, ‘The Turan Flower’, and ‘Caravan’ to the national folklore of Karakalpakstan. His works convey centuries-old ethnic features of Karakalpak people.

The Gallery has also hosted in its basement the evening of meditative music. This kind of music is intended for use in a variety of meditation practices and offers the audience to self-knowledge, self-contemplation.

Going down the stairs and passing through the massive doors, it seems that you walk through the bunker, so one can not help feeling a certain mystique. And here are the musicians with instruments. They sit on the old eastern carpets. A little man from a wire with grapes in his hands is settled in the center of the hall. But the special atmosphere created when the lights switched off and the candles lighted up on huge lagans.

The evening began with the performance of Damir Fatkhulin and Imam Mazkhar in percussion instruments, to the tunes of which Farhad Esanov did some movements with his hands as if to charm the audience. Then, the audience enjoyed by turns the solos of the violinist Diya Mahmudova and the flutist Safi Soal, who harmoniously developed the theme of a musical composition.

Deeply plunging into the atmosphere of live music, like the rhythm of nature, which is created by Kamil Babaev on keynoard instruments, one starts relaxing and forgetting all the problems. To the tunes of oboe played by Suhrob Nazimov and dutar played by Farhad Esanov, many in the audience literally ‘riding with the music.’

“I believe the experimental concert marks the start of our further joint work. Farhad Esanov brings us together. However, each has invested part of his soul into the project. For me, this kind of format is the opportunity to demonstrate my skills in various genres of music,” said violinist Diya Mahmudova.

“Musicians with whom we performed meditation improvisation are my good friends. Every time we try to create something new and unusual. This time, we have tried to unite and create a single melody for each musical instrument,” told Farhad Esanov.

“My friend invited me to the exhibition, and we did not know about the evening of music. We came, listened, and decided to stay. I liked everything: paintings and unusual music. After a hard workweek, you can sit for hours and think or dream about something, enjoying live melody,” said Tatiana, the visitor.

“Learnt about the evening from Facebook, and even listened to the reproaches from my friends for not notifying them about the concert. Music and performance impressed me hugely,” said Askar, the visitor.

UzA