“Master of Perfect Path”
During the Revival of the New Era of our sovereign state, our homeland, Turkmenistan, is making great strides in all spheres. This is reflected in the fact that today we are carrying out ambitious work to improve our national culture and art, and further develop international cooperation in the cultural sphere. As a clear proof of this, a meeting was held at the Danyatar Ovezov Turkmen State Specialized Music School under the Maya Kuliyeva Turkmen National Conservatory on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the creativity of the “People’s Artist of Turkmenistan” Ata Ablyev.
Just as it is impossible to imagine a Turkmen wedding celebration without a bakhshi, its bakhshi is also impossible without a kyjak. It is worth mentioning that our kyjak master, who served the people by playing the kyjak musical instrument, is Ata Ablyev. Ata aga, who distinguished himself from his peers with his excellent memory, ingenuity, and talent, has made a great educational and creative journey. Nuryagdy Bayramov, Akmyrat Charyev, Saparguly Ishanguliyev, Chary Alladurdyyev, Oraznepes Dovletnazarov, Bibi Velmyradova consider him their mentor. From the talent of Ata Ablyyev, who was always devoted to the creative traditions of our muqammen, such as T. Suhanguliyev, A. Gonibekov, M. Tachmyradov, P. Saryev, G. Ugurlyyev, a number of songs with various meanings and contents were born. We see this in the example of the song <<Ussada>>, which he dedicated to Sakhy Bagh, and many other works such as <<Seretmez>>, <<Sarygyz, saklan biraz>>, <<Uz eylar>>, <<Garrylar gerek>>, <<Dostum sen>>, <<Halychi gelin>>, <<Gyzlarin>>, <<Yaryshdash dostlar>>. If you listen carefully to any of these songs and music and analyze them one by one, you can feel that he used the most delicate, delicate and complex turns, decorations, and melodies of our national music with great skill.
During our meeting, interesting video recordings from the archive about the creativity of Ata Ablyyev were shown, and the students watched the speeches and interesting stories of the People's Artist of Turkmenistan, the great composer Akmyrat Chariyev, who knew our teacher closely, Ablyyev Ashir Atayevich, the son of our teacher, and Atakov Spartak, a teacher of our school. Also, the songs “Dostum sen” by Shirli Shirva and “Bakhshtydyn” by Jumabayeva Merjen were performed by the 4th year students of our school, to which Annaguliev Islamguly and Aimukhammedov Agamyrat were the music.
Taking this opportunity, we would like to express our gratitude to our hero Arkadag and our hero Serdar Arkadagly. We sincerely wish them good health and high spirits.
Orazmuhammedova M.A.
Lecturer, Department of History and Theory of Music
of the Danatar Ovezov Turkmen State Specialized
Music School at the Maya Kulieva Turkmen National Conservatory
