Raymond Weil awards Isfar Sarabski - PHOTOS

A presentation of honorary name “Raymond Weil`s friend in Azerbaijan” to Azerbaijani pianist Isfar Sarabski was held in Yacht club here on Tuesday.

VMF vice president Arzu Shahverdiyev presented a diploma of “Raymond Weil`s friend in Azerbaijan” to Isfar Sarabski.

Veera Collomb-Patton, area sales manager at Raymond Weil gave a watch from maestro collection to Azerbaijani musician.

The participants watched videos on Raymond Weil, a Swiss watchmaker, founded in 1976 in Geneva, Switzerland, which is one of the last independent brands in the Swiss luxury watch industry and Isfar Sarabski.

Azerbaijani jazzman performed in the ceremony. Isfar Rzayev (born November 2, 1989, Baku), better known as Isfar Sarabski, is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist. He is the great-grandson of opera singer Huseyngulu Sarabski.

He began playing the piano at the age of seven. He studied classic piano for eleven years at the Bulbul Music School.

Sarabski has performed at Baku Caspian Jazz and Blues Festival in Azerbaijan several times, participated in the annual Sildajazz festival in Norway, as well as at the International Jazz Festival in Russia. He has also been awarded at Stars of Issyk-kul; New names of Russia International Classical and National Music Festival in Kyrgyzstan in 2004. Early influences included Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. His favorite performers Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Vagif Mustafazadeh have inspired him to compose his own pieces.

On July 18, 2009, Isfar became a winner at the 43rd Jazz Festival held in Montreux, Switzerland.

/AzerTAc/