By Elshad Aliyev
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 3. A meeting was held
with the head of the National Music & Global Culture Society
operating in New York City, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Nargiz
Aliyarova, and the art director of the “My Way” Creative Center,
sculptor and artist Emin Guliyev, during the visit of the employees
of the Azerbaijani State Committee on Work with Diaspora to the US,
the committee’s statement said, Trend reports.
The meeting, which took place at the Permanent Mission of
Azerbaijan to the UN, was attended by Elshad Aliyev, deputy
chairman of the committee, and Tofig Musayev, permanent
representative of Azerbaijan to the UN, ambassador.
The deputy chairman of the committee highly appreciated the
contribution of both cultural figures to the international
promotion of Azerbaijani realities, the promotion of our cultural
heritage, and diaspora activities.
Aliyarova and Guliyev were presented with the medal “For Service
in Diaspora Activities” that they were awarded. They expressed
their gratitude to the Azerbaijani state for this high value placed
on their activities. They said that they will continue their work
to promote the culture of our country in the US.
To note, Nargiz Aliyarova is a professor at the Baku Academy of
Music, a soloist of the Azerbaijan State Piano Trio, a laureate of
the II Republican Competition of Musicians, a winner of
international competitions, and the founder of the National Music
and Global Culture Society. She is also the organizer of the
International Composition Competition held in the US with the
support of the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora.
Emin Guliyev is one of the authors of the “Peace Dove” monument,
which has become a symbol of Sumgayit, and the statue of Imadaddin
Nasimi, and the son of the late artist Asim Guliyev. A member of
the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan, Guliyev has lived in New York
since 2006 and has been working as an art director at the “My Way”
Children’s and Youth Creative Development Center since 2009. His
students have been accepted to prestigious art schools and colleges
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