A chamber concert of classical music was held in the Small Hall of the Turkmen National Conservatory named after Maya Kulyyeva in the capital of Turkmenistan. The program opened with a series of works by Nury Halmammedov, «Unheard Songs of the Children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki», performed by Honoured Artist of Turkmenistan Leyli Okdirova.Leyli possesses a coloratura soprano voice that allows her to express the most subtle nuances conveyed in the verses of Japanese poets and in the music of the empathetic Turkmen composer. And the audience in the hall highly appreciated the vocal and artistic talent of the singer.

The hall was filled with light and graceful sonatas by Robert Schumann and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They were performed by violinists Alan Kasymov, Selime Shaberdiyeva, Latifa Rahymova.

People's Artist of Turkmenistan Gulnar Nuryyeva supplemented the concert program with arias from famous operas by Modest Mussorgskiy, Nikolay Rimskiy-Korsakov, Giacomo Puccini, and Johannes Brahms. Gulnar has a dramatic soprano voice and is able to beautifully convey the heartfelt experiences of girls who find themselves in difficult life situations.The excellent vocal skills and ability of Gulnar to share the pain of her character helped her to elicit a resounding response from her audience.

A place at the piano is given to the guest of the concert, this year's graduate of Children's Music School №1, Tylla Shirova.Tylla has repeatedly taken part in concerts at the conservatory as a composer.This time she positioned herself as a pianist. Tylla performed the musical poem «Sounds of the Dutar» by Nury Halmammedov, Sonata №8 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and «Nocturne» by Frédéric Chopin.Her performance exceeded the expectations of the audience and the concert organisers.The young pianist demonstrated inspired playing, ease, and naturalness in performing complex pieces.

In addition to the performances of the soloists, the concert demonstrated the high level of accompanist training of students in the class of senior teacher and international competition winner Stella Faramazova.