As previously reported, a memorandum of cooperation based on an international grant was signed with the ALFREDO CASELLA Conservatory in L’Aquila, Italy, on February 15th of this year.
Based on the memorandum, a festival was organized on September 30th and October 1st of this year at the Nukus branch of the Uzbekistan State Conservatory and the Berdaq Karakalpak State Academic Musical Theatre, in collaboration with Italian artists and cultural figures and the Nukus branch of the Uzbekistan State Conservatory, within the framework of the ITARTs project.
The first day of the festival took place in high spirits on September 30th of this year at the Berdaq Karakalpak State Academic Musical Theatre.
In the first part of the concert, the “Jayhun” folk music orchestra, laureate of republican and international competitions (director: Hikmat Rajabov, artistic director of the orchestra, recipient of the “Shuhrat” medal, Honored Youth Mentor of Karakalpakstan, Professor), presented:
- JOACCINO ROSSINI, Overture from the opera “The Prince of Seville”;
Eduardo di Capua, Giovanni Capurro “O Sole Mio”;
- “POPURRI” BASED ON THE WORKS OF ITALIAN COMPOSERS.
Luigi Danza “Funiculi-funicula”
- Ernesto De Curtis “Vernis-Sorrento”
Joaquino Rossini’s “The Cavatina of Figaro”
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Tall Song”
Famous works of Italian musical art were performed with exceptional skill.
And in the second part, by Italian students.
Donne all’Opera: Croce and Delizia!
- Monteverdi, F. Cavalli, D. Scarlatti, D. Chimarosa, J. Rossini, J. Verdi, J. Scenes from Puchchini’s operas were performed.
At the end of the event, the director of our branch expressed special gratitude to the Italian guests.