A literary and musical evening titled “Sənsiz” (“Without You”), dedicated to the works of the great Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli, was held at the Baku Book Center as part of the 18th Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Music Festival. The event opened with the Jahangir Jahangirov Choir, led by Honored Educator Tarana Yusifova, performing the National Anthem of Azerbaijan. Throughout the evening, laureates of the Mugham Competition performed works by Uzeyir Hajibeyli, reflecting different stages of the composer’s career. As part of the musical program, Atesh Garayev, a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater and a veteran of the Patriotic War, performed the romance “Sevgili Janan,” accompanied on the piano by Tofig Shikhiyev. The literary segment featured actress and reciter Sabira Abdullayeva, who read Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh’s poem “Depth.” Members of the vocal group from Children and Youth Development Center No. 3 also presented scenes from Hajibeyli’s operetta Arshin Mal Alan. Fatima Jafarli, a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, performed Nigar’s aria from the opera Koroghlu. The evening concluded with Nihad Orujov’s performance of Hajibeyli’s romance “Sənsiz,” set to lyrics by Nizami Ganjavi.