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Gabala Music Festival: More than just music and art

The Gabala Music Festival is celebrating 15 years by bringing together music, art and people from different cultures. With Gabala Fest, the event is going beyond concerts to create a space where artists can connect, collaborate and share their work.

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00:00The most amazing thing about music is you don't need to understand the lyrics,
00:03you don't need to understand what they're saying, but as humans we can just feel.
00:21Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the Gabala Music Festival has transformed
00:27into a bigger celebration with the debut of Gabala Fest,
00:31uniting music with other cultural and artistic fields for the very first time.
00:42This festival has a lot of history and it has a lot of depth and I'm mixing Mugam with this
00:47like new style that I have. Sometimes it takes someone else to remind you what you have
00:52and with my Azerbaijani songs there's so much good music
00:55so I just want to bring it back up and share it with everyone.
01:12The festival has grown beyond the stage into a mixed program celebrating many different forms of artistic expression.
01:20Bu festival çox şaxəli bir festivaldır. Yəni, burada tək bu il, tək musiqi istiqaməti yox,
01:28bir çox başqa istiqamətlər də yer aldı. Mən çox inanıram ki, bu tədbirlər davamlı olacaq
01:34və bizim bütün incəsənət xadimlərimiz, xüsusilə musiqi sahəsində çalışanlar bu festivalın daimi iştirakçılarına çevriləcəklər.
01:42Mən çox şaxı Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl
01:47Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl
01:50Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl Əl �
02:20Away from the performances, the festival also showcased visual art.
02:25It's the perfect opportunity to introduce art alongside the music program, which is why we've staged this exhibition.
02:32It's called The Crossroads of Cultures, and it brings together more than 30 artists, both local artists and global artists.
02:41The Gabela International Festival organizers plan to enlarge its cultural program for the next year.
02:482027 is set to pull together more artists from across the globe.
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