Elshan Mansurov (born 1962) is a kemancha player from Azerbaijan. He completed his studies in the kemancha class of Aghajabrayil Abasaliyev at the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatory. During his years of education he participated and became a laureate in various contests arranged in Azerbaijan. In 1986, he won the first place at the U.Hajibeyli International Contest. Since 1986, he works together with khanende Alim Qasimov. He promoted Azerbaijan Mugams in many countries of the world. He regularly participates in the international projects and national festivities arranged by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republic. Since 1997 he is involved in freelance concert activities. In 2000, established the children's Mugam group Araz. In 2000-2001, this group gave concerts in many cities of France and Germany. In 2000 he participated in ‘EXPO-2000’ in Hanover, Germany. Since 2002, he is a member of the Worldwide ‘Atlas’ Ensemble in Holland. In 2004-2006, together with the “Azeri” Mugam Group gave concerts in several European countries. In 2005, together with the ‘Khary Bulbul’ Mugam Group he participated at the EXPO-2005 in Nagoya, Japan. He participated in various concerts in March 2007 in Switzerland, in June 2007 in South Korea, and in July 2007 in several cities of Norway. He recorded his first solo disk in Baku in 2000. His second solo disk is planned to be recorded in France in 2007. Since 2006, participates actively in “The Eternal Mugam” Project arranged by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mehriban Aliyeva. He is a Project Coordinator of promotional Mugam concerts held by UNESCO in the Palace of Shirvanshahs and appointed districts of Azerbaijan. In 2007 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Republic. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.