The 3rd International Silk Road Music Conference, which was conducted under the auspices of the Association of Music Trainers (MÜZED) and with the cooperation of the International Community for Turkish Culture (TÜRKSOY) and the Turkic World Musical Education Union (TÜRKMEB) hosted concert by Turan Manafzade, one of the most prominent female maestros of Turkic world.

Manafzade performed works by composers from the Turkic world.

Manafzade studied conducting at Istanbul Mimar Sinan Faculty of Fine Arts with the famous Italian maestro Antonio Pirolli for a while. Manafzade, who will be granted the title of "the first maestro representing Azerbaijan on the world stage," attracted considerable attention recently with the arrangement she made on "Lachin," a traditional Azerbaijan folk song. The "Lachin" video clip by Manafzade attracted great attention on YouTube. A video clip by Manafzade presenting the arrangement she made on "Lachin," an Azerbaijani folk song, was released recently.

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