Kazakh national music played in Cuba

The Kazakh embassy in Cuba at the Havana theater la Sala de concieros Igasio Cevantes hosted a concert dedicated to Kazakh and international classical music for local audiences and foreign diplomatic missions to the host countries, Kazinform News Agency has learnt from the Kazakh MFA. 

World-famous Kazakhstani violinist Yevgeniy Dyo and his American colleague violinist Veronica Mercedes Pazymino Jurkiewicz performed on stage in front of the audience, after arriving in Havana from the United States at the special invitation of Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Cuba Andrian Yelemessov.

The musicians performed Kazakh national music and famous kuis – Karakemer by Kuat Shyldedayev, Gakku by Ibyrai arranged by Evgeny Brusilovsky, Eligai by Latif Hamidi, Ak Sisa by Zhayau Musa, Zhezkiik by Akhmet Zhubanov, Ayttym salem Kalamkas by Abai, Boz Aigyr by Evgeny Brusilovsky, Aria by Akhmet Zhubanov, solo in the opera Kozy Korpesh Bayan Sulu, classical works Etudes Caprice by Henryk Wieniawski, Allegretto by Charles Auguste de Berio, Duet for Two Violinists by Reinhold Glier, as well as Carlos Gardel's Por Una Cabeza, Jacob Gade's Jealousy tango, Astor Piazzolla's Libertango. The audience was given a brief explanation of each Kazakh national music and kuis.

The musical compositions performed, including Kazakh national music and kui, had a very positive impact on the audience, aroused sincere gratitude and interest in Kazakhstan.

The cultural event allowed Cuban viewers located at a significant geographical distance from Kazakhstan and representatives of foreign diplomatic institutions accredited in the Republic of Cuba to get to know better the national music and musical traditions of the country.

As earlier reported Kazakhstan and the Muslim World League had discussed cooperation within the Congress of World Religions.