MOCOW, June 5, Asia-Plus – A musical evening dedicated to the 60
th
birthday of known Tajik composer Tolib Shahidi was held at Chaikovsky Conservatoire in
Moscow
last Saturday [June 3].
The meeting was held under support of
Russia
’s Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography.
Tolib Shahidi is holder of the Rudaki Award, laureate of numerous international musical contests, author of five operas and a series of ballets, four symphonies and concerts for orchestra, and music to many performances and movies.
Internationally known Conductor Valery Gergiyev has noted that Shahid’s music is a brilliant synthesis of cultures of the East and the West.
Many known Russian composers came to the meeting to congratulate Tolib Shahidi.
