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Roshanak

„Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen“

Württemberg Philharmonics Reutlingen

17 November, 2010 – 15:00 p.m.
National Conservatoire

Dushanbe

Free tickets available at the opera-house’s

Ticket booth (“касса”)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tajik/news/2010/10/101027_sq_iran_afghan_tajik_concert.shtml

About art in Central Asia:
http://arteast.ktnet.kg/contents/?lnk=news&l=en

When: 25. / 18:00

Where: Bactria center

Blue sky + black clouds

PASTOO PHOTOGRAPHY

A NEW PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO

Pastoo Photography, a new Photo Studio has just opened in Dushanbe!

Roshanak Ostad, visual artist and professional photographer from Iran, already well known in Dushanbe for various exhibitions and cultural events, has now opened a photo studio.

Pastoo Photography aims to make artistic portraits and to open the door for a new way of individual expression. Individuals, couples and families are all welcome. They will find a professional, warm and creative atmosphere. At Pastoo, Roshanak will capture precious instants and expressions in high quality photographs, creating lasting memories.

Lifestill advertisment photographies can also be performed at Pastoo.

Direction: near the Karabolo hospitale, opposite of the new Medical University Building, the 2nd floor. On appointments only.

Contact: Roshanak Ostad - +992 919 16 38 83 – contact@pastoophotography.com,roshangar@gmail.com

Website, for more details: http://www.pastoophotography.com

Jazz is back in Dushanbe

From April 30 through May 3 Dushanbe will host the Second Dushanbe Jazz Festival. The Festival is initiated and financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation through its Regional Art and Culture Programme, and implemented in cooperation with Bactria Cultural Centre and the Sattorov Tajik National Conservatory.

The program of the Festival consists of three gala concerts that will take place in the Mayakovsky State Russian Drama Theatre and in the Aini Tajik State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The Tajik National Conservatory will accommodate a Jam-session of the Festival participants, a series of workshops and a round table.

Besides Tajik musicians, the Festival will also bring together musicians from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, among which are both beginners and distinguished masters of jazz, and the guest of the festival Demetrius Spaneas from USA.

The Second Dushanbe Jazz Festival with aspirations of the First Jazz Festival held in Dushanbe last year, aims at promoting jazz music in Tajikistan in its ethno-jazz national form, through searching for original ideas, trends and styles of ethno-jazz compositions, as well as disclosing new talents who are willing to demonstrate their abilities in jazz music, which is yet to be developed in Tajikistan. The primary artistic goal of the festival to be attained by Tajik musicians lies in exploring national forms of jazz based on musical traditions of makom and falak. Other participants of the festival have also been offered to include two compositions based on Tajik makom and falak into their concert program.

Apart from the concert component the festival includes several sub-projects like contests, creative laboratory, master-class, film demonstration, round table, and production of the CD.

The organizers regard the Festival as a platform for the Central Asian regional cooperation from another angle – through music. It is also hoped that organization of the festival will eventually become a tradition that will promote the development of jazz and impromptu music in Tajikistan, foster exchange of creative experience and facilitate integration of Central Asian music cultures with those of other countries.

Tickets can be obtained at the box offices of the Mayakovsky Theater and the Opera and Ballet Theater. Price per ticket – 10 Somoni