A gala concert was held at the ‘Mukam’ Palace of the State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan as part of the 27th Opera Days organised by the International Organisation of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY). The event featured performers from Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. This was reported by the state news agency TDH.

The concert opened with Veli Muhadov’s composition ‘Türkmenistan bagy-bossan’, performed by the State Symphony Orchestra and the State Choir of Turkmenistan.

The programme featured excerpts from national operas in Turkmen, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Kazakh and Turkish, as well as arias from world classics such as ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Pagliacci’, ‘La forza del destino’, ‘Il Trovatore’, ‘Carmen’, ‘Faust’ and others.

The performances were met with applause from the audience. The finale was a joint performance of the song ‘Funiculì, Funiculà’.

The event took place as part of cultural cooperation between the countries of the Turkic world and TURKSOY programmes.