Chief conductor and musical director of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of Azerbaijan, chief guest conductor of the Kunming Philharmonic Orchestra (China), Honored Artist of Azerbaijan (2017), laureate of the President's Prize, laureate of international competitions.

[7] Guliyev is also active in teaching, he is an assistant professor at the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov.

In November 2018, he was appointed musical director and chief conductor of the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Azerbaijan.

In February 2010, he made his US debut at the Six Rising Stars concert at Carnegie Hall,[13] in 2014 at the Konzerthaus, Vienna (Austria),[14] at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris (2015) and Laeiszhalle in Hamburg (2018).

[15] On January 18, 22, 23, 2022 the performances of Arabian Nights ballet took place at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg conducted by Guliyev.