Composers' contest for the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen poet announced

Applications for participation in the contest of composers "Musical works on poems by Makhtumkuli Fraghi" announced by the Organizing Committee of the VIII Moscow International Festival of Arts "Sounds of Dutar" named after Nury Halmamedov have started. This is reported by the Internet publication "Turkmenistan: Golden Age".

The competition is open to musicians from all over the world without age restrictions. The competition will be held in two stages. Applications will be accepted from March 1 to August 1, 2024. The best works will be performed during the final concert on October 29 in the concert hall of the department of sheet music and sound recordings of the Russian State Library.

The jury of the contest included artists, composers, musicologists, vocal pedagogues from Russia and Turkmenistan.