At the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts, with the support of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation, a concert dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of Magtymguly Fragi will be held.

The concert, which will be held on April 7, will open a large-scale cultural program in honor of the classic of Turkmen literature, prepared by the VIII Moscow International Arts Festival “Sounds of Dutar” named after Nury Halmamedov.

The dedication concert “The Fount of Wisdom of Magtymguly Fragi” under the patronage of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation will be held with the participation of cultural and artistic figures of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan.

The concert program will feature works by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, E. di Capua, M. Ravel, D. Ovezov, A. Pahmutova, N. Halmamedov, Ch. Nurymov, K. Volkov, M. Huseynov.

The artist of the “Helikon Opera” Theater Daria Huseynova will perform the mono-opera “Monologues of Magtymguly Fragi” by composer Mamed Huseynov. A large-scale vocal and instrumental work for soprano, cello and orchestra (arranged for piano) was created in 2007-2013. The mono-opera includes five parts, which are based on the poet’s poems “Calling”, “Beginnings”, “Sadness”, “Truth”, “Good and Evil”, which focused the poet’s philosophical revelations about human life, fate, and spiritual quests.

The concert starts at 16:00.