Winners of the “Literary Etude for Piano” Contest Honored at Baku Piano Festival

Winners of the “Literary Etude for Piano” Contest Honored at Baku Piano Festival Winners of the “Literary Etude for Piano” Contest Honored at Baku Piano Festival https://innews.media/en/news/id-48837

The literary evening and award ceremony for the winners of the literary competition "Literary Etude for Piano" took place in Landmark Baku. The competition was held as part of the Baku Piano Festival 2025. The goal of the competition is to create a vivid musical image in a literary work and popularize the theme of music in literature. The works of the participants were evaluated by the jury members: Director of the Maksud Ibragimbekov Creative Center Anna Ibrahimbeyova, member of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan Alexander Khakimov, Director of NG Creators Club Natig Aliyev, Media Coordinator of the Baku Piano Festival Rustam Huseynov.

The winners of the Baku Piano Festival 2025 literary competition are:

I place

Mehdi Ali

II place

Lala Aliyeva-Klychkova

III place

Lenay Seyidali-zade

Audience Award

Gulgez Gurbanova

During the evening, the authors of the stories shared their opinions and talked about the creative process, and the jury noted the most interesting episodes in the stories of the contestants, described in detail the process and criteria for selecting the winners. Among the participants of the event were both aspiring writers and famous writers. At the event, members of the literary project "Modern Poets" Lala Hasanova, Gunatay Huseynova, Lyaman Hasanova, Ziba Rasul, Lala Aliyeva-Klychkova, Maxim Elizarov, Masuma Gasimova, Aliya Tagiyeva, Olga Shalayeva, Zivyarkhanum Mammadova, Nell Kyuri, Samira Shikhiyeva and Bayram Magerramov also presented their works.

The initiator of the competition Rustam Huseynov spoke about interesting details of this year's competition. In his opinion, such competitions stimulate the development of literary skills and give a lot of inspiration not only to literature lovers, but also to musicians. He noted the significantly increased level of the competition and the difficult choice of jury members. But the most important thing for a participant is the desire to create.

Baku Piano Festival 2025 will last until June 28. Residents and guests of the capital will enjoy a large concert program featuring music of various genres. Art events, exhibitions, a literary competition and jam sessions are also planned within the framework of Baku Piano Festival 2025. The festival's special pride is the concert of young talents “We are the Future”.