anyMeta 4.6.58 - Atom module 0.3.2 2017-05-11T16:57:20+02:00 http://www.couscousglobal.com/feed/atom/3099/en Azerbaijan http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2391 2009-04-15T15:33:55+02:00 siavash, pooyan, simon broughton and johannes discuss music <p>Before the masterclasses at teheran university johannes had a meeting with organisers siavash and pooria, and simon broughton of songlines magazine, who attended the teheran music festival too</p> <p><!--[embed youtube nSgDUwkSf4Q]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nSgDUwkSf4Q&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nSgDUwkSf4Q&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2343 2009-04-15T15:29:57+02:00 Jazz from Azerbaijan <p><!--[embed youtube TC0cTc6aXQQ]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TC0cTc6aXQQ&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TC0cTc6aXQQ&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2301 2009-04-15T15:29:35+02:00 Does Azerbaijan have global music? <p>Azer...... WHAT???? <br/> Yes, we did not know either where and what this country was...check out these cool people in Baku, main city in Azerbaijan.<br/> Meet Vazeh:&quot; We want to show the world what we have. Young people are not victims of the Soviet-unioncrush, but they are in this situation. Music and culture change our life. We want to be part of the global musicscene.&quot;</p> <p>Filmed by Neil van der Linden, who was in Azerbaijan last Christmas.</p> <hr /> <h2>Baku doesn't only back Bach and Baklava</h2> <p>Our reporter Neil van der Linden visits young students in instruments and composition of the Baku conservatory. They discuss their interests and their lives. Partly in Russian, mostly in English.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube j8nQ0ocvzfE]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j8nQ0ocvzfE&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j8nQ0ocvzfE&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Back to Baku once more</h2> <p>This is part two of the students of the Baku conservatory.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube AYEHkHPkVa4]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AYEHkHPkVa4&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AYEHkHPkVa4&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Another great country: Azerbaijan</h2> <p>&quot;We need to show the world, there's an other great country: Azerbaijan&quot;<br/> Neil has a great conversation with Vazeh.</p> <p> <!--[embed youtube UXFxRieRoJw]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UXFxRieRoJw&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UXFxRieRoJw&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Near the former statue of Kirov in Baku</h2> <p>A visit to the site where once the statue of Kirov stood, Stalin's right hand man, and where the tombs of those who fell in 1990 in the independence revolution (against Gorbachov!) are; featuring theatre director jenat and playwright gurban.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube fOKvwF_FL9c]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fOKvwF_FL9c&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fOKvwF_FL9c&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>With Jenat and Gurban near the former Kirov statue in Baku 2</h2> <p>Well, with Jenat and Gurban near the former Kirov statue in Baku continued....<br/> with a view from the top over downtown Baku and the port, and the tombs of those who fell under Gorbachov(!)'s hands at the beginning of the nineties.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube p4-XMnU9BlA]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4-XMnU9BlA&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4-XMnU9BlA&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Wine and poetry from Azerbaijan</h2> <p><!--[embed youtube MC5DPXQ5YOQ]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MC5DPXQ5YOQ&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MC5DPXQ5YOQ&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Jazz from Azerbaijan</h2> <p><!--[embed youtube TC0cTc6aXQQ]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TC0cTc6aXQQ&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TC0cTc6aXQQ&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Rehearsal of antonius and cleoptra in Baku</h2> <p>The Baku Chamber Theater rehearses George Bernard Shaw's Anthony and Cleopotra in a former aristocratic mansion in a rundown section of the town with director Irina Perlova.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube 1vNmVUlBz9o]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1vNmVUlBz9o&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1vNmVUlBz9o&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Baku Chamber Theatre Anthony and Cleopatra 2</h2> <p>The Baku Chamber Theatre rehearses G.B. Shaw's adapation of Anthony and Cleopatra, a highly politicised version of the story - director Irina Perlova, translator Gurban, in a fantastic but faded villa on top of the former posh residency area of Baku, now a rundown part of town</p> <p><!--[embed youtube 2scIGsHcgp0]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2scIGsHcgp0&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2scIGsHcgp0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>A walk through Baku 2</h2> <p>From run down to uptown</p> <p><!--[embed youtube pFcq-lpAxUc]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pFcq-lpAxUc&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pFcq-lpAxUc&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>A walk through Baku 3</h2> <p>Baku uptown downtown</p> <p><!--[embed youtube ShMnNy_w3Ck]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ShMnNy_w3Ck&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ShMnNy_w3Ck&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>A walk through Baku 4</h2> <p>Passing a travel agency.. where do Bakunians go for holiday? (if they can afford it, well apparently there are enough who can)</p> <p><!--[embed youtube vzX-4GUMg10]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vzX-4GUMg10&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vzX-4GUMg10&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>A walk through Baku 5</h2> <p><!--[embed youtube jK8Bs0ZwmHw]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jK8Bs0ZwmHw&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jK8Bs0ZwmHw&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> <h2>Jenat and gurban in baku</h2> <p>Jenat explains the content of her play on religions Sheikh Senan through Gurban.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube jAWP8hCs1Aw]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jAWP8hCs1Aw&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jAWP8hCs1Aw&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <hr /> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2342 2009-04-15T15:27:06+02:00 Wine and poetry from Azerbaijan <p>Gurban in the Aroma Café, Bku, Azerbaijan</p> <p><!--[embed youtube MC5DPXQ5YOQ]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MC5DPXQ5YOQ&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MC5DPXQ5YOQ&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2303 2009-04-15T15:19:13+02:00 Another great country: Azerbaijan &quot;We need to show the world, there's an other great country: Azerbaijan&quot; <p>Vazeh talks to our reporter Neil van der Linden, who is in Azerbaijan.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube UXFxRieRoJw]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UXFxRieRoJw&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UXFxRieRoJw&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2305 2009-04-15T15:18:18+02:00 Back to Baku once more <p><!--[embed youtube AYEHkHPkVa4]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AYEHkHPkVa4&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AYEHkHPkVa4&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2304 2009-04-15T15:14:22+02:00 Baku backs not only Bach and Baklava <p>Young students in instruments and composition of the Baku conservatory discuss their interests and their lives. Partly in Russian, mostly in English.</p> <p><!--[embed youtube j8nQ0ocvzfE]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j8nQ0ocvzfE&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j8nQ0ocvzfE&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2348 2009-04-07T12:07:17+02:00 Near the former statue of Kirov in Baku <p>&quot;There are not many mosque here&quot;</p> <p><!--[embed youtube fOKvwF_FL9c]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fOKvwF_FL9c&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fOKvwF_FL9c&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <p>A visit to the site where once the statue of Kirov stood, Stalin's right hand man, and where the tombs of those who fell in 1990 in the independence revolution (against Gorbachov!) are; featuring theatre director jenat and playwright gurban</p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2729 2009-04-07T11:58:37+02:00 A walk through Baku <p>&quot;Here they sell all the shit for fifty dollars&quot;</p> <p><!--[embed youtube Kdy5W5HR9lM]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kdy5W5HR9lM&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kdy5W5HR9lM&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> <p>For those that don't know: Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan. A country which is located in the west of Asia. It lies near Armenia, Russia, iran and several other countries. Gurban, an inhabitant of Baku, took the liberty to show our reporter Neil around town. A special thanks goes out to both. :) Music used: 'Serenity' by the band Transmission 0.</p> - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2349 2009-03-17T13:13:21+01:00 with jenat and gurban near the former kirov statue in baku 2 <p>well, with jenat and gurban near the former kirov statue in baku continued....<br/> with a view from the top over downtown baku and the port, and the tombs of those who fell under gorbachov(!)'s hands at the beginning of the nineties</p> <p><!--[embed youtube p4-XMnU9BlA]--><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4-XMnU9BlA&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4-XMnU9BlA&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><!--[/embed]--></p> - ARTICLE film