Mariinsky Theatre - Fikret Amirov - One Thousand and One Nights

At the premiere Amirov's melodic music, with a national identity, sounded expressive and powerful thanks to the to the guest conductor from Baku Ayyub Guliyev.

Mariinsky Theatre - Fikret Amirov - One Thousand and One Nights

The orchestra under Ayyub Guliyev sounded emotioanally rich, musicians were able to clearly convey Amirov's folklore intonations, not previously very familiar to them. 

Mariinsky Theatre - Fikret Amirov - One Thousand and One Nights

Conductor Ayyub Guliyev, invited from Baku, is well acquainted with the score and skillfully reveals all its merits. His great achivement is making the Russian orchestra sound with no "accent", while performing Azerbaijani music.