PHOTOS: Classic music concert organized in Budapest to celebrate Azerbaijani leader’s birth

On June 16, 2023, with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Fund for Support to Azerbaijani Diaspora, and the State Committee for Work with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Hungary organized a classic music concert and exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of National Leader Heydar Aliyev at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music.

Accompanying the well-known Azerbaijani conductor, People’s Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Yalchin Adigozalov, the famous Hungarian Szolnok Symphonic Orchestra and the rising star soprano Seljan Nasibli performed the masterpieces of great Azerbaijani composers Gara Garayev, Fikrat Amirov, Niyazi and Asaf Zeynalli, as well as Hungarian composer Bartok Bela and Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.

The concert was attended by representatives of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office, National Assembly, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Defense, Economic Development, Culture, and other state institutions and diplomatic corps accredited in Budapest, representatives of the local community and media, members of Azerbaijani diaspora, and Azerbaijani students studying in Hungary.