As part of the
VIII Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Music Festival organized by the Azerbaijan
Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism and by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation on
September 18-27, 2016, a concert was held on September 23 in the Uzeyir
Hajibeyli House Museum.
Meritorious Artist Sardar Farajov (Director of the Uzeyir
Hajibeyli House Museum) opened the event with a speech about the genius
composer’s life and works. Then Professor Hamlet Isaxanli, founder of Khazar
University and the Chairman of its Board of Directors and Trustees, spoke about
films that have been made to show the composer’s multifaceted activities,
emphasizing that these films have been shown in over 80 countries.
After the speeches, performances of pieces by world composers
were made by Associate Professor Zulfiyya Sadigova, pianist and Head of the
Department of Music and Fine Arts at Khazar University, and violinist Ferhad
Ashumov, PhD student at Bratislava Music Academy.
As part of the same festival, Zulfiyya Sadigova and Farhad
Ashumov also performed in a concert on September 26 in the Chamber and Organ
Music Hall.