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Alim Qasımov - Tunis Musiqi Gecəsi | Алим Гасымов Alim Qasimov - Tunis Musiqi Gecesi Alim Qasimov - Performance of Tunisia Ennejma Ezzahra (Centre of Arab & Mediterranean Music) "Musiqat Festival" Алим Гасымов - Производительность Туниса | Азербайджан Мугам Музыка عليم قاسيموف -- أداء تونس - أذربيجان مقام موسيقى Alim Gasimov is a prominent mugham singer named a "Living National Treasure" of Azerbaijan. He has been passionate about mugham since his early childhood, but initially Qasimov sang mugham solely for his own enjoyment. Only at the age of nineteen, after having held various jobs as an agricultural worker and driver, did he decide to pursue a career in music. Qasimov studied at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College (1978-1982) and the Azerbaijan University of Arts (1982-1989). His teacher was well-known mugham singer Aghakhan Abdullayev. Qasimov's first remarkable international success occurred in 1988 when he won first prize at the International Festival and Symposium on Traditional Music in Samargand, Uzbekistan. Since then, he has been traveling worldwide to spread the art of Azerbaijani mugham. Alim appears on 12 CDs released in Europe and the United States, on one of them, Love's Deep Ocean (1999, Network Medien, Frankfurt, Germany) together with his daughter and student Fargana Qasimova. In addition to performing with the Silk Road Ensemble, Qasimov performs with the Kronos Quartet as part of his collaboration with the Aga Khan Initiative in Central Asia. Qasimov ...