On March 1, 2017, the Khazar Chamber Orchestra, led by Zulfiyya Sadigova, Head of the Department of Music and Fine Arts, gave a concert in the Cultural Center of the Khazar University. Instrumental pieces and songs by Azerbaijani composers were performed at the concert attended by the university administration and staff members. The concert included performances by Mehseti Jabbarova, instructor of Khazar University and soloist for the Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall; Ilham Nazarov, soloist for the Akhundov Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.

A recent composition by Dunya school instructor and composer Sevda Rahimova based on Hamlet Isaxanli’s poem “One of us” was performed by Ilham Nazarov and Gulshan Ibadova for the first time at the concert.

As March 1 marked Prof. Isaxanli’s birthday, the ceremony also included congratulatory speeches.