Emil Afrasiyab to attend the next jazz festival

Baku, June 19, AZERTAC On September 7, Emil Afrasiyab Quartet will perform at the opening concert for the Festival de Jazz de Colmar. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the concert is supported by The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS). The concert will be broadcast on local television channel www.tv7.fr, TEAS reported. Emil Afrasiyab was born in 1982, in Baku. He specialises in the synthesis of jazz with Azerbaijani mugham. His work is notable for its contrasts in intonation, and fluctuating harmonics and rhythms, more commonly found in classical music.