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Diana Aliyeva is an opera singer. Dinara Aliyeva - the reincarnation of Maria Callas? Which repertoire is particularly successful

culture: How are the rehearsals of "Swallows" - not the most famous opera Puccini?
Alieva: Amazing. With many who are busy in the play, I have already worked. She sang with Rolando Villazon last season in Eugene Onegin at the Vienna Opera. Then he invited me to the "Swallow". I admire this singer, his amazing acting skills. Yes, and humanly Rolando is incredibly positive, he literally infects everyone around him with charm. "Swallow" for Villazon is not the first directorial experience, and, it would seem, how world star he should show condescension to colleagues. But no. Works out every detail, perfects the phrasing, keeps track of all the nuances. Villazon-director is attentive to the score, builds characters in an unconventional way. Superbly shows the artists what he wants to see, "lives" both female and male roles, plays mise-en-scenes. In a word, it creates an exciting theater of one actor before our eyes - you can shoot a movie!

culture: What about your courtesan Magda? Often it is called a cast from Verdi's Violetta, only without a tragic coloring...
Alieva: The heroine of Puccini is quite one-dimensional. Villazon, on the other hand, seeks to emphasize its ambiguity: Magda is sincerely in love, but does not find the strength to escape from the usual life of a courtesan.

culture: Choosing between love and wealth can be difficult. Once you said that the weaker sex stronger than men. Hearing this from the lips of an Eastern woman is at least strange.
Alieva: The strength of a woman is in the ability to show her weakness. Not in rectilinear motion to the goal, but in the ability to bypass the obstacle. Brutality does not suit her, she should not be a protector and earner. These are the prerogatives of men.

As for Eastern education, today it is rather a cliché. Often, it is understood as behavior based on conservative morality and the strict dictates of traditions. But, excuse me, do Christian families hold different views? I honor and preserve family traditions, although it is quite modern and I do not sit at home in a headscarf. I will not allow myself any liberties on stage, but I am always ready to convey high human feelings, to express truly passionate love. After all, I'm an artist.

culture: Star Trek was predicted by Montserrat Caballe...
Alieva: Our meeting took place in Baku, where I participated in her master class. Caballe I perceived as a goddess. It was her opinion that largely determined my fate. She called me a “golden voice”, which instilled confidence: I began to strive for competitions, decided to conquer Moscow - to sing in Bolshoi Theater.

culture: Who else from the greats did your paths cross?
Alieva: I was incredibly lucky to meet. I am happy that I was introduced to Elena Obraztsova, attended her master class. Our communication with Elena Vasilievna was not interrupted, last years we performed together. Her departure is unbelievable...

Several times I sang with Placido Domingo, including at a concert in Baku. She repeatedly soloed with the outstanding choir conductor Viktor Sergeevich Popov, with the orchestras of Temirkanov, Pletnev, Spivakov, Bashmet.

culture: You are a full-time soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, touring a lot. Can you already be called a world celebrity?
Alieva: For the whole world I do not apply yet. And I am proud of the fact that, for example, in Greece they love me and call me the second Maria Callas. Yes, and in Russia, judging by the reviews of critics and colleagues, I have developed good reputation. At the Bolshoi I participate in Verdi's La Traviata, Puccini's La Boheme and Turandot, royal bride» Rimsky-Korsakov. It is not the first season that she has been bound by contracts with the opera houses of Vienna, Berlin, with the Bavarian and Latvian operas. At the Beijing Opera House, I am scheduled to take part in a production of Dvorak's Mermaid. I give concerts in my native Azerbaijan, I try to attract my colleagues there on tour.

culture: Do you feel the strength of the Azerbaijani brotherhood in Moscow?
Alieva: Relations with the diaspora are natural. Almost no one can do without the help of compatriots. Imagine: a girl from a sunny southern city, where all her movements were limited to walking distance, finds herself in a metropolis. Huge distances, masses of people, endlessly long avenues and overcrowded subways are stressful for anyone who lived before in other rhythms.

culture: Are you perceived abroad as an Azerbaijani or Russian singer?
Alieva: In the world, an artist's belonging to a particular culture is determined by his permanent place work. I serve at the Bolshoi Theater, so for foreign listeners and impresario I Russian singer.

culture: Bolshoi Theater - great ambitions and tough competition. How do you get on with it?
Alieva: Went through a good hardening. At the age of thirteen, I had my first vocal teacher, who constantly repeated to me: “You will vegetate in the provinces with your spinelessness.” I was a vulnerable, homely child, I often cried and worried, but some unknown force made me go to class again, overcome myself, endure and not give up.

While studying at the Baku Conservatory, I was selected for the main and difficult part of Leonora in the production of Il trovatore on the stage of the Azerbaijan Opera. Then she faced envy and rumors. Since then, I have become accustomed to gossip, I have developed immunity.

Of course, in the Bolshoi - everything is big: both competition and the struggle of ambitions. I can't say that everything is easy. My teacher, Professor Svetlana Nesterenko, helps a lot - a subtle, wise, caring mentor. I myself work on myself every day, returning to the parts already sung. Those close to me consider me a perfectionist, but I know that without constant self-improvement there is no way forward. The truth is, it's impossible to please everyone. I see many examples when certain cultural managers decide who can sing and who can't, and I know my detractors.

culture: Rumors that you are a relative of Heydar Aliyev, and this explains your rapid rise, are they annoying?
Alieva: Well, do not prove to me every day that we are namesakes. Aliyevs is a very common surname in Azerbaijan. Dad served in the theater as a make-up artist, but he played the piano, improvised, could pick up any melody. He initiated my music education. Mom is also an artistic nature: she worked as a choirmaster in music school, by the second profession - director. In her youth, she even entered GITIS, but her parents categorically forbade her to study at the acting department. Perhaps the fact that I ended up on stage is the embodiment of my mother's aspirations. Even choosing my name, my mother thought about her favorite actresses. I was named after Dina Durbin, but in the end Dina transformed into Dinara.

culture: Music lovers are actively discussing the emergence of a new music festival and associate it with your name.
Alieva: I hope to present my own opera show in Moscow soon. I will invite famous artist-friends, arrange concerts not only in the capital, but also in St. Petersburg, Prague, Budapest, Berlin. It's too early to talk about details. I can only say that a performance is planned in Moscow with the State Orchestra of Russia and famous conductor Daniel Oren - together we conceived the Puccini Gala program.

culture: What stage readings are closer to you - conservative or avant-garde?
Alieva: Now the cult of the director reigns. To me, such an advantage seems unjustified - after all, the main thing in the opera is music, singers, and a conductor. Of course I don't deny modern readings. The black-and-white "Eugene Onegin" on the stage of the Vienna Opera was distinguished by minimalism. In the Latvian theater, my Tatyana became a teenager misunderstood and disliked by her parents. Both interpretations were conclusive and justified, which is rare. Much more often you come across straightforward populism: Don Juan is always bare-chested and overflowing with sexuality, maniacally sticking to everyone. Is this an innovation?

The public wants to see academic, "costume" performances. Yes, and singers prefer to work in beautiful antique costumes, in the interiors of architectural scenery. It's much more fun than carving up an empty stage in a nightgown.

culture: Has the birth of a child somehow affected your voice?
Alieva: Certainly. The voice thickened, got louder. True, it is difficult to combine the birth and upbringing of a child with a career. I have always wanted children, and if I had not become a singer, I would have given birth to at least three by now. Thank God, now I have a son.

culture: Isn't it a shame that you are doing art for the elite? After all, the opera is elitist. Don't want it to become more accessible and democratic?
Alieva: All academic art is elitist. It cannot be otherwise - for its perception you need to be an educated person. An opera listener must have considerable intellectual baggage. Although classical operas capable of touching people a wide range. For example, at the Puccini festival in the wonderful Italian town of Torre del Lago, I sang in front of a thousandth audience. True, Italy is a country where interest in opera, as they say, is in the blood...

culture: Now you are fully occupied in Lastochka, and when will Moscow fans hear you?
Alieva: Already in March there will be a concert with a serious opera program. I will perform with the wonderful dramatic tenor Alexander Antonenko and the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ken-David Mazur. In April I will present a chamber program in the Small Hall of the Conservatory. Of course, I'm looking forward to my performances at the Bolshoi Theater - "La Bohemia" and "La Traviata" conducted by maestro Tugan Sokhiev. He will soon take over the console in Bizet's Carmen, where I will sing the role of Michaela.

Soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, People's Artist of Azerbaijan.

Dinara Aliyeva was born on December 17, 1980 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Girl graduated School of Music in piano class. The singer's career began at the Baku Opera and Ballet Theatre, where Dinara was a soloist since 2002 for three years and performed the leading roles: Verdi's Leonora "Il trovatore", Puccini's Mimi "La Boheme", Verdi's Violetta "La Traviata", Leoncavallo's Nedda "Pagliacci". In 2004 she graduated from the Baku Academy of Music.

Since 2007, Dinara Aliyeva has been a member of the Union of Concert Workers of St. Petersburg. The singer participates annually international festival Arts, which takes place in different cities of the country under the direction of conductor Yuri Bashmet. In 2009, she made her debut as Liu in Puccini's Turandot at the Bolshoi Theater and won the love and recognition of the public and critics. On the day of memory of Maria Callas, September 16, 2009, in concert hall"Megaron", in Athens, the singer performed arias from the operas "La Traviata", "Tosca", "Pagliacci".

Tours of Dinara Aliyeva were successfully held in different countries Europe and in the USA. Among the singer's foreign performances, one can single out participation in the gala concert of the Crescendo festival in the Paris Gaveau hall, in the concert of the Musical Olympus festival in New York's Carnegie Hall. Dinara Aliyeva's performance at the Russian Seasons festival at the Monte Carlo Opera House was highly appreciated by critics and the public.

In 2010, Dinara was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Azerbaijan", received an honorary medal from the Irina Arkhipova Foundation and a diploma from the Union of Concert Workers of Russia. In March of the same year, the Bolshoi Theater hosted the premiere of the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, in which Dinara Aliyeva performed main party Rosalind. And in Baku, a joint performance of the singer with Placido Domingo took place.

In December 2010, Dinara gave a solo concert on the stage of the Municipal House in Prague, Czech Republic, accompanied by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Italian conductor Marcello Rota. In October 2011 she made her debut as Violetta from La Traviata at the Alter Opera in Frankfurt, Germany.

As of December 2018, Aliyeva is a soloist with the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, as well as a guest soloist with the Vienna State Opera and the Latvian National Opera. The singer performs the main roles for soprano in operas by Western European and Russian composers of the classical-romantic era.

The singer's repertoire covers a variety of chamber works, including vocal miniatures and cycles by Russian and Western European composers: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Vila-Lobos, Faure, as well as arias from operas and compositions by Gershwin, compositions by contemporary Azerbaijani authors.

Awards and prizes of Dinara Aliyeva

2005 - III prize International Competition named after Bul-Bul (Baku)

2006 - Diploma winner of the International Competition opera artists Galina Vishnevskaya (Moscow).

2007 - II prize of the International Competition opera singers named after Maria Callas (Greece).

2007 - II Prize at the International Competition for Young Opera Singers Elena Obraztsova (St. Petersburg)

2007 - Special diploma "For the triumphal debut" of the festival "Christmas Meetings in Northern Palmyra"

2010 - II prize at the Francisco Viñas International Competition (Barcelona)

2010 - III Prize at the Placido Domingo International Competition Operalia (Milan)

Honorary Medal of the Irina Arkhipova Foundation

Azerbaijani and Russian singer Dinara Aliyeva was born in Baku, in a family that is most directly related to art. His father, a theatrical make-up artist, played the piano, easily choosing melodies and even improvising, his mother entered GITIS in her youth, but because of the tough position of her parents, she left the acting department and became a choirmaster at a music school. Nevertheless, she retained her reverence for acting throughout her life and even named her daughter after one of her favorite actresses, Dina Durbin, but later Dean's name was transformed into Dinara.

Dinara began to study vocals at the age of thirteen. The teacher saw the talent of her student, but constantly scolded her for her weak character, predicting that with such personal qualities, Dinara would “vegetate in the provinces” all her life. Dinara, a vulnerable girl, took it hard, however, she continued to attend classes.

Dinara Aliyeva graduated from music school with a piano course, doing vocals optionally, but she felt that she could not achieve special heights in this field, and she did not want to be “one of many”. She entered the Baku Academy of Music as a vocalist. For two years she studied with Rumiya Krimova, later with Khuraman Kasimova. A fateful event happened when the twenty-three-year-old Dinara studied at the magistracy: she arrived in Baku. There were many students who wanted to attend the master class of the famous singer, but Aliyeva was the last in line, and she was warned that there was not enough time, she needed to sing only one aria. She chose Leonora's aria from "". skeptical about this intention, but after listening to Dinara, she called her “golden voice”, and stated that she had nothing to teach this young singer - everything was given to her from above, and even promised to take her to Europe. This promise was not fulfilled, but from that time Dinara Aliyeva's ascent to the heights of glory begins.

Aliyeva became a soloist of the Baku academic theater opera and ballet, where she sang Leonora in "", Violetta in "", Nedda in "" and Mimi in "", she performed at concerts, including abroad. An important milestone career was participation in the competition. . The trip to Greece almost fell through for financial reasons, but financial assistance was provided by Muslim Magomayev. At the competition, the audience gave the singer a standing ovation for twenty minutes and booed the jury, who awarded her only the second prize. In Greece, the singer is loved to this day, calling the "second".

At one of the concerts, Aliyeva met with. He arranged a meeting with her, invited her to his festivals. Thanks to this, the singer was noticed and invited to the Bolshoi Theater for the role of Liu in "", and after a while was enrolled in the staff. At first, it was not easy - after all, relatives and friends remained in Baku, and Dinara had no one in Moscow, and in the Bolshoi Theater - according to the singer - "everything is big: both the struggle of ambitions and competition." But the singer understood that if she returned to Baku, this would put an end to her future career.

At the Bolshoi Theater, Aliyeva performed many parts: Marfa in "", Mikaela in "", Tatyana, Elvira in "" ... However, not only her repertoire is expanding, but also the geography of performances. She sings at the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, in the Latvian national opera, in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Berlin. The singer especially likes to perform in theaters with rich history. important event was her first performance on the stage of the Vienna Opera. This was a surprise for her: she had to replace the sick full-time theater singer, the performer of the part of Elvira - and the Viennese public knows "" almost by heart! Despite the excitement, the singer performed successfully. Elvira Aliyeva has sung more than once in other theaters, and she is sorry that it is this heroine of the opera who most often becomes a victim of directorial liberties - after all, this is the most lively and realistic character in "".

Nevertheless, the performance of parts in operas is enough rare event for Dinara Aliyeva, the nature of her voice is much closer to Italian opera. Her favorite composer, whose music she feels especially subtly, is for the singer Giacomo Puccini, and is close to her. However, the singer showed herself even in the operetta, performing the role of Rosalind in the Bolshoi Theater in " bat". Very diverse concert programs singers: arias from operas and operettas, romances, Azerbaijani and Russian folk songs.

Dinara Aliyeva is very skeptical about the "cult of the director" reigning in the modern opera house. According to the artist, the audience likes academic "costume" performances much more than singers "cutting through an empty stage in nightgowns." Causes the singer anxiety and level musical culture modern society. Dinara Aliyeva is convinced that primitive mass music would lose a fair share of fans if opera performances were broadcast more often on television.

Music Seasons

To achieve something in life, you need to have ambitious goals. So says Dinara Aliyeva - Opera singer, soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. That is why she went to conquer Moscow. Dinara was sure that everything would work out for her, and her intuition did not disappoint. Why did she decide to connect her life with music? Probably because her whole family was connected with this art. But first things first.

Biography

Dinara Aliyeva was born on December 17, 1980 in the city of Baku. Since, in her words, she absorbed music with her mother's milk, there was no doubt that music was her vocation. The fact that the girl is talented was clear from her very birth. That is why her parents brought her to the famous Azerbaijani school named after Bul-Bul, where she studied piano. After graduating from school, Dinara enters the Baku Academy of Music. Dinara's class leads famous singer Khuraman Kasimova.

Memorable for Dinara Aliyeva were master classes held in Baku by Elena Obraztsova and Montserrat Caballe. It was the master class of Montserrat Caballe that changed Dinara's whole life. The celebrity marked the girl as " young talent". Dinara realized that she was going to right direction that she will become an opera singer, and that the whole world will talk about her. In 2004, Diana brilliantly graduated from the academy. Her career began in her native Azerbaijan at the Drama Theater of Opera and Ballet named after M.F. Akhundov. True, Dinara has been performing in this theater since 2002, while still studying at the academy. It can be said that very happy biography with Dinara Aliyeva. Family, music, opera, festivals, tours - that's what makes it up.

Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater

In 2007, Dinara Aliyeva was invited to the international art festival, which was directed by Yuri Bashmet. And in 2009, her debut was on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. Aliyeva performed the role of Liu in Puccini's "Turandot", and won over not only the audience, but also critics with her voice. The singer gladly accepted the invitation to perform on the day of memory of Maria Callas on September 16, 2009 in Athens. It was one of her favorite singers. In Athens, she performed arias from the operas "La Traviata" and "Tosca". Dinara Aliyeva's repertoire at the Bolshoi Theater includes the parts of Violetta from La Traviata, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Eleanor in Il Trovatore, Martha in The Tsar's Bride - you can't count them all.

Dinara likes Moscow and the Bolshoi Theater, she says in her interviews that Moscow is the city that became her second home and gave her fame. It began her formation and professional path.

Vienna Opera

Smiling, singer Dinara Aliyeva recalls her debut in Vienna Opera. This performance was like a test of fate. It happened like this: phone call from Vienna with a request to replace the sick singer. It was necessary to perform Donna Elvira's aria on Italian. Dinara had already performed the aria, but it was exciting, because the audience knew this part very well.

The theater met Alieva very friendly. The theater building flooded with lights seemed to her a magical dream. She could not believe that she was at the Vienna Opera, and that this was not a dream, but reality. The performance went well. After that, more than once Dinara had invitations to Vienna. The capital of Austria impressed the young singer with the spirit of music that reigned everywhere there. Dinara was also struck by the touching tradition of the Viennese audience not to miss a single debut of an aspiring artist. Her, young, who came to replace the famous, but sick opera diva, in Vienna, no one knew, but people were in a hurry to get her autograph. This deeply touched the young singer.

About the tour of the singer

Everyone who serves in theaters regularly goes on tour, and Dinara Aliyeva is no exception. Solo concert in Prague, which took place in 2010, was accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra Czech Republic. Dinara made her debut on the stage of the Alter Opera in Germany in 2011. Success awaited her at New York's Carnegie Hall and at a gala concert in Paris' Gaveau Hall. The singer gives concerts on the stages of leading opera houses in Russia, Europe, the USA and Japan. She is always glad to tour in her homeland and is looking forward to meeting with the city of her childhood - Baku, periodically gives concerts there. In this city, she happened to sing with Placido Domingo.

The repertoire of Diana Aliyeva consists not only of chamber works, she is a performer of the main parts for soprano, vocal miniatures by composers Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff.

About plans and dreams

When Diana Aliyeva is asked about her dreams and their realization, she replies that her dream of becoming a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater has already come true. Trusting her intuition, she came to Moscow. However, the singer says that it is not enough to believe only intuition, it is equally important to believe that you can achieve what you want. When you achieve a goal or your dream comes true, there is something to which you go further. And the most cherished dream Dinars: to achieve such mastery in order to touch the souls of people with their singing and remain in their memory, enter the history of music. The dream is ambitious, but it helps to realize plans that initially seem impossible.

Festival "Opera Art"

In 2015, the singer decided to hold her own Opera Art festival. Within its framework, concerts were held in Moscow, The festival tour included such big cities like St. Petersburg, Prague, Berlin, Budapest. By the end of 2015, her new CD with the famous tenor Alexander Antonenko was released. In March 2017, the next festival started, where meetings were held with interesting singers, conductors and directors.

The demand for Dinara Aliyeva as an opera singer, her participation in charity concerts and festivals - all this requires time, effort, desire. Where does she get such dedication from? Dinara explains this with her crazy love for opera art. She cannot imagine herself without singing, without a stage, without spectators. For her, the most important thing is service to the art of opera.

- First, tell us about the most important recent events for you.

In April I made my debut in Berlin (Deutsche Oper Berlin), where I performed the part of Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata. And just the other day I returned from Munich, where I made my debut at the Bayerischen Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera), performing the part of Juliet in Offenbach's opera "The Tales of Hoffmann". The production was attended by world famous opera singers, such as Giuseppe Filianoti, Kathleen Kim, Anna Maria Martinez and others.

- How often do you go on tour?

Quite often... The schedule is quite tight.

Hard to tell. In the theater, everything is permeated with an atmosphere of magic, everywhere you feel like in a fairy tale

- And when will it be possible to hear you again at home?

As soon as they invite you (smiles). I think a lot here depends on the leadership of the theater, the Philharmonic and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan.

- What brought you to the Bolshoi Theatre?

It's time to improve, grow, reach new heights and achieve global recognition. After all, it's no secret to anyone that singing at the Bolshoi Theater is the dream of any singer (singer), not to mention becoming a soloist of this famous theater. My dream has come true. But this medal also has a downside. Performing in the main theater of the country and representing it all over the world is a very responsible task.

- What is your favorite part of the theater?

Hard to tell. In the theater, everything is permeated with an atmosphere of magic, everywhere you feel like in a fairy tale. But it's still a scene. Although sometimes it's nice to sit in the auditorium.

- Tell us about your life before moving to Moscow?

She graduated from the Bul-Bul school in piano, then - the conservatory (class of the outstanding singer Khuraman Kasimova), for two years she was a soloist of the Azerbaijan drama theater opera and ballet named after M.F.Akhundov. And then, as Ostap Bender said, she realized that “great things await me” and went to conquer Moscow.

I don't want to get ahead of myself. Now my life is entirely connected with Moscow, where I live and work. Over the past five years, many proposals have been received from several leading theaters in Europe, but I am not in a hurry to make any cardinal decisions. I think that this should be approached responsibly and balancedly.

- Your parents are connected with the world of music. I guess it left an indelible mark?

Yes. Both parents and grandparents - all had to do with music and the stage. Of course, this influenced my life and in a sense predetermined my choice.

- What, in your opinion, is necessary in order to achieve success in the opera field?

Perhaps talent alone is not enough. In any business, hard work is required to achieve success. You need to work persistently, selflessly, with full dedication, believe and move forward. This is the only way to achieve success and fame.

In any business, it takes hard work to be successful.

- And yet ... was there an element of chance in your career? How do work and luck compare in an artist's career?

Accident? Probably not. All that I have achieved to date is rather a pattern, a reward for perseverance and willingness to win. And work and luck are inseparable concepts from each other. Take, for example, successful people, who are called lucky ... They work much harder and harder than others. It is unlikely that any of them have achieved success while lying on the couch. So, I believe that luck is only the end result of constant work.

- Aren't you going to teach yourself?

There are such plans. I would like to have my own school, but that's a little later (smiles). Although many people now turn to me with a request to listen and work out. Unfortunately, I don't have time for that yet...

As a rule, I don’t go out before the performance. If this is a hotel, then I stay in the room and relax, do not eat salty and do not drink cold, try to talk less, etc.

- Whose concert would you like to go to? It's not just about classical vocals...

As far as possible, I try not to miss the concerts of great opera singers such as Jessie Norman, Renee Fleming, Angela Georgiou and many others. I love jazz music.

- What projects are you working on today? Where did they perform Lately what do you have planned for the future?

I am currently preparing to perform at the 25th Colmar International Festival in France with the Verdi Gala program, accompanied by Vladimir Spivakov's orchestra. This - solo program, which includes only Verdi's arias in honor of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Next I have planned solo concert in the Ordinary House in Prague, recording the next album, and also signed a number of contracts with leading European theaters, including Vienna, where I participate in the production of "Eugene Onegin", Bavarian Opera theatre in Munich (“La Traviata”), Deutsche Opera, etc.

Have you ever experienced stage fright?

Fear - no! Only excitement. I believe that if you are afraid of the stage, then you can hardly become an artist and musician. When I go on stage, I forget about everything and just live and create.

- Apparently, you strong man. What supports you in Hard time Where do you draw strength from?

I constantly turn to the Almighty. Every day. It doesn't matter if I have a performance today or not ... I just live with faith in Allah.

- How often do you manage to visit the theater or attend a concert as a listener?

I try to visit all the most interesting.

- Are you married?

All is well in my personal life...

- You have been successfully representing Azerbaijan abroad for many years. What is your mission?

I am pleased to realize that after my concerts people become interested in the culture of my country, their attitude towards it changes. I try to adequately represent Azerbaijan in the world not only as a singer, but also as a person, in Everyday life. I will try to glorify my country in the future - it deserves the best!