Mugham singer Alim Qasimov is revered as one of the five best singers of all time.
Shahin performed with Kenny Wheeler, Uday Mazumdar, Ellison Miller, Nathan Peck, Alex Peck, Matt Zebroski, Jeff Lederer, John Wilcan, Alim Qasimov, Alexander Mashin and other famous musicians.
Mahmud Salah performed with such renowned Azerbaijani traditional musicians, as a famous khanende (traditional singer), khanendes Arif Babayev, UNESCO prize winner Alim Qasimov, Janali Akberov, Aghakhan Abdullayev and Sakine Ismailova, professors and assistant professor of Azerbaijan National Conservatoire, tar performers Ramiz Quliyev, Agha Salim Addullayev, Mohlat Muslimov, Malik Mansurov, kamancha performers Shafiga Eyvazova, Adalat Vazirov, Fahraddin Dadashev, Elshan Mansourov.
The festival has featured Oriental musicians such as Indian flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, sitarists Pandit Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar, the Japanese giant drum ensemble "Kodô", the Tuvinian guttural singers "Huun-Huur-Tu", Tibetan Buddhists monks of Gyuto and Gyume monasteries, the Turkish percussionist Burhan Öçal, the Armenian dudukist Jivan Gasparyan, and the Azeri muqam singer Alim Qasimov.