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Heydar Aliyev Foundation to hold celebrations in Paris to mark 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence

Azerbaijan, Baku, April 16 / Trend S.Agayeva /
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Azerbaijani embassy in France will hold celebrations in Paris on April 18-21 in accordance with the Azerbaijani President’s decree "On the twentieth anniversary of the restoration of state independence of Azerbaijan," the Foundation told Trend.
An exhibition of carpets will be held at the UNESCO residence on April 19. The exhibition will demonstrate rare specimens of the Azerbaijani carpet art that become known in Europe from the 16th century, attracted the attention of art lovers and survived to the present day, including rare gems of the Karabakh carpet school.
The UNESCO residence will also host a concert of young talented performers. Famous pianist Isfar Sarabski, singers Aysel Teymurzade, Safura Alizade and others will perform works by foreign and Azerbaijani composers at the event.
In these days, which will turn into a broad propaganda of our rich culture, a Parisian hotel "d` Evreux "will host an exhibition of works of prominent representatives of the contemporary Azerbaijani art. The exhibition titled "Artists of the Baku Modern Art Museum" will present 33 works of painting and sculpture.
The event will demonstrate works created in the contemporary avant-garde style by world famous Tahir Salahov, famous artists Rasim Babayev, Altay Sadigzade, Museyib Amirov, Elyar Alimirzoyev, Niyaz Najafov, sculptors Fuad Salayev and Fazil Najafov.
A banquet will be given on behalf of Heydar Aliyev Foundation President Mehriban Aliyeva.

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