18th Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Music Festival — 18–30 September 2026

22 September
The World of Turkic Music

Choir Group of the Honoured Collective, the Fikrat Amirov Azerbaijan State Song and Dance Ensemble

Choirmaster:
Naala Baratelia

Azerbaijan State String Quartet

Nazrin Aslanli (violin)
Khayala Abdullayeva (violin)
Vakhtang Imanov (viola)
Alexey Miltykh (cello)

Soloists:
Jafar Hasanov (percussion)
Adam Zarbaliyev (balaban)

Introductory remarks:
Musicologist
Vafa Abbasova

The programme will feature Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kazakh, Turkmen and Uzbek folk songs.
The folk-song arrangements are by composer Rufat Khalilov.

29 September
The Detache-Sabah Violin Ensemble of the Uzeyir Hajibeyli Baku Music Academy

Artistic Director:
People’s Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Professor
Zahra Guliyeva

Concertmaster:
Sabina Muradova

Programme:

G. F. Handel — Passacaglia
J. S. Bach — “Ave Maria”
A. Schnittke — “Suite in the Old Style”
G. Sviridov — “Romance” from the musical illustrations to “The Blizzard”
H. Wieniawski — “Kujawiak”
U. Mammadov — “Lana River”
R. Hajiyev — “Algerian Melodies”
Azerbaijani folk songs — “I Entered My Beloved’s Garden”, “Lachin”, “I Have Sprinkled Water on the Streets”, “A Stone Comes Through the Window”
(arranged by Aynur Nayir)
G. Garayev — 5 Children’s Pieces (arranged by Uzeyir Mammadov)
J. Johow — “Detache Waltz”
H. Mancini — “Royal Waltz”