opening her own Music Centre to share her experience of all types of music to a body of students both young and old. On September 15, 2016, Fidan Haciyeva and Alasgar Aliyev had presented duet Veli and Telli. Prior to it, during summer that year, the duo had made a clip in which they sang in three languages: Azerbaijani, Russian, and English. The clip was directed by Jeyhun Karimov and Alex Anisenko, and was produced by Aziz Aliyev with operator of the clip being Nadir Mehdiyev and artist Narmina Valiyeva. On December 20, 2016, Fidan represented Azerbaijan at the 7th international world forum in Minsk at the invitation of the National Academic Bolshoi Theatre of the Opera and the Ballet of Belarus, with famous vocalists from a number of countries invited to perform at a gala concert. Following her performance she was invited by National Academic Bolshoi Theatre of the Opera and the Ballet of Belarus to perform Carmen in Minsk in April 2017. In 2018, Fidan had performed romances by Adila Huseyn-Zade at Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall, along with Saida Tagi-Zadeh and Aleksey Miltikh. In November that year, she sang at the Minsk International Christmas Opera Forum. Awards In 2006 Fidan was awarded the title of “Honoured Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan” by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, together with a President’s stipend in the following years. By order of President Ilham Aliyev, in March 2015 Fidan Hajiyeva was awarded the title "People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan" for productive activity in the field of culture, which she received on the occasion of the International Women's Day, 8 March. Concerts References 1976 births Living people 21st-century Azerbaijani women opera singers Musicians from Baku