The eighth Uzeyir Hajibayov International Music Festival will open in Baku on September 18. The ten-day festival is co-organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The festival will see local and foreign musicians perform Uzeyir Hajibayov’s and other composers’ works at Baku Organ and Chamber Music Hall of the Muslum Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall, Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Azerbaijan Composers' Union and Baku Music Academy.