The annual conservatorium concert, March 15

I gladly accepted the invitation by my Uzbek teacher, Mukaddis, to come to the annual concert of the conservaorium at 15:00 in the afternoon. The concert being given by the teachers, performing traditional Uzbek music and songs. Impressive, all of it!

The building from 2002 is made to impress, dimensions are far beyond human proportions. In one of the pictures you can hardly see the student practicing trumpet playing on the top balcony.

In the entrance they used traditional style decorations, quite nice actually.

The theatre itself is relatively normal, but for the sun-decoration in the background.


















                                                                  
The music is of a new kind to me. Somewhere in between Arabic (songs with-to our ears- a wailing sound and melody) and Hungarian Gipsy dance music. Interesting of all was that the session begun with a fairytale, beautifully told, even though I couldn’t understand a word. Then the songs were woven into the fairy tale, so it obviously became a story. Pity that Mukaddis couldn’t stay and translate.

The music is of a new kind to me. Some musical instruments  were also different from what we know and – so amusing-  they played the violins while holding them upright on their knees.

The visitors are mostly older people, as the younger ones prefer pop music.  Women all wear a scarf or (exceptional)  a hat. The men all wearing traditional square skullcaps.