Press releases

The Kharybulbul 9th International Music Festival will be held on May 14 and 15, organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in joint cooperation with the Ministry of Culture. This year’s festival too is expected to be remembered by interesting programmes and presentations by talented persons of art from around the world. One of the key objectives...

Registration for the Baku Marathon-2026 started today. The main novelty in the marathon - traditionally organized since 2016 on the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation - is that this time, the competition will be held not as a semi-marathon, but as a full marathon at a distance of 42 km, and on a different route. The Baku Marathon will start at the...

Director General of ICESCO Salim bin Mohammad Al-Malik and Supreme Chairperson of Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum are taking a visit to Baku to attend the international conference “Launch of the AI Index for the Islamic World”. The event will take place at the Heydar Aliyev Center...

In the course of September 23 to 25, the next Nasimi – Poetry, Culture and Art Festival – organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Ministry of Culture – will be held. To be held at various places of Baku and Shamakhy, the festival will, this time, be remembered by studying the philosophical and literary legacy of Azerbaijani poet and thinker Imadeddin Nasimi...

The 14th Gabala International Music Festival, organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation with the support of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture, the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibeyli, and Gilan Holding, will open on July 24. This year’s festival will begin with the performance of Jangi, a piece by Uzeyir Hajibeyli, commemorating...