Pieces by Iranian musicians and Azerbaijani composers were performed in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall by Iran’s National Orchestra in a program titled Azerbaijani-Iranian Music Night on January 16. Azerbaijani conductor Agaverdi Pashayev was the guest conductor of the Thursday night event. Vocalist Fakhri Kazim Nijat and tar player Sahib Pashazadeh, both from Azerbaijan, accompanied the orchestra during the performance, which featured a repertoire of songs including Asgarin Ariyasi, Sana da Qalmaz, San Siz, Ayriliq, Karanful, In Memory of Saba and Shur Afarin, and compositions by the late celebrated Iranian composer Hossein Dehlavi.
