54 Notable alumni of
Baku Music Academy
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Baku Music Academy is 828th in the world, 171st in Asia, and 3rd in Azerbaijan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 54 notable alumni from Baku Music Academy sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Muslim Magomayev
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- memoiristcomposeropera singerfilm score composer
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Muslim Muhammad oghlu Magomayev, dubbed the "Soviet Sinatra", was a Soviet and Russo-Azerbaijani opera and pop singer. He achieved widespread recognition throughout Russia and the post-Soviet world for his vocal talent and charisma, including a People's Artist of the USSR award in 1973.
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Irina Allegrova
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- composerlyricistactorsinger
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Irina Aleksandrovna Allegrova is a Russian singer. She is a People's Artist of Russia (2010).
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Vladimir Shainsky
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1962-1965
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- singermusic educatorfilm score composercomposerpianist
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Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was a recipient of the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986).
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Gara Garayev
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1926-1938
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- deputymusic educatorfilm score composercomposeruniversity teacher
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Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.
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Polad Bulbuloghlu
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- composeractorsingerpoliticiandiplomat
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Polad Bulbuloghlu is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, actor, politician, and diplomat. Bulbuloghlu became famous in the Soviet Union with composing jazz-influenced songs with heavy Azerbaijani folk influences in Azerbaijani and Russian languages. He also sang his own songs. Three of his songs became Songs of the Year and he received numerous prestigious awards in the Soviet Union. Bulbuloghlu is a lyrical tenor.
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Fikret Amirov
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- composer
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Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov was a prominent Soviet and Azerbaijani composer.
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Niyazi
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- film score composerpoliticiancomposerconductor
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Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov was a Soviet and Azerbaijani conductor and composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1959) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982).
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Flora Karimova
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1977
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- khanandaactorsinger
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Flora Alakbar gyzy Karimova is an Azerbaijani pop, mugam and opera singer, actress.
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Bulbul
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- folkloristmusic educatoropera singerkhanandamusicologist
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Bulbul was an Azerbaijani and Soviet operatic tenor, folk music performer, and one of the founders of vocal arts and national musical theatre in Azerbaijan.
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Vagif Mustafazadeh
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- composerjazz musicianpianist
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Vagif Mustafazadeh, also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was a Soviet-Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music, known as mugham. According to many world famous jazz musicians, Mustafazadeh is one of the pioneers and "the architect of jazz in Azerbaijan".
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Chingiz Mustafayev
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- singersongwriter
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Chingiz Maharram oglu Mustafayev is an Azerbaijani singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Truth", finishing in eighth place.
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Tofig Guliyev
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- film score composercomposerpianistconductor
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Tofig Alakbar oglu Guliyev was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and conductor.
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Arif Malikov
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- film score composercomposerpaintermusic educator
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Arif Malikov was an Azerbaijani composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958. He shot to fame in 1961 when his first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad (present day St Petersburg) and received nationwide acclaim. The ballet has been staged in several countries in Europe and is regarded as one of the finest works emerging from the former Soviet Union. The ballet "Legend of Love", is based upon the legend of "Farhad and Shirin", a story of unrequited love that was immortalized by Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. Malikov went on to write music for two more ballets, including "Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet)" Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet) ("Dvoe" or "Two") (1967) and "Poem of Two Hearts" (1981), five symphonies & eight symphony poems. He also wrote scores for a large number of films and plays and was familiar with practically all genres of music composition.
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Diana Hacıyeva
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- composersinger-songwriterconductorsinger
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Diana Hajiyeva is an Azerbaijani singer and songwriter. She is a member and the lead vocalist of the group Dihaj, which represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Skeletons" finishing in 14th place.
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Aisel
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- composerpianistsinger
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Aysel Mammadova, known professionally as Aisel, is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "X My Heart". She has also performed the Azerbaijan national anthem at the opening of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023.
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Asaf Zeynally
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- composer
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Asaf Zeynalabdin oglu Zeynally, also spelled Zeynalli (5 April 1909, Derbent – 27 October 1932, Baku), was an Azerbaijani composer.
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Emin Sabitoglu
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- composer
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Emin Sabitoglu was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, author of a lot of well-known Azerbaijani songs and music for films. People's Artist of Azerbaijan.
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Dilara Kazimova
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 2002-2006
- Occupations
- composeractorsingersongwriterlyricist
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Dilara Kazimova is an Azerbaijani singer and actress. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with the song "Start a Fire".
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Shafiga Akhundova
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1951-1956
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Shafiga Akhundova was a prominent Azerbaijani composer, the first professional female author of an opera in the East and People’s Artist of Azerbaijan. Akhundova was born into a family of an eminent cultural figure Gulam Akhundov in Shaki in 1924. Gulam Bagir oglu Akhundov, who was a public servant and intellectual of his time, worked as the first secretary of Shaki between 1917 and 1920, while her mother was a housewife.
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Eldar Mansurov
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- composer
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Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter.
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Khadija Gayibova
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- pianist
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Khadija Osman bey qizi Gayibova was an Azerbaijani pianist. From Georgia in the then USSR, Gayibova died in Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s.
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Leyla Aliyeva
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- journalisttelevision presenter
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Leyla Mutallim qizi Guliyeva is an Azerbaijani television presenter. On 22, 24 and 26 May 2012 she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan together with Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen.
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Mirza Babayev
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1953
- Occupations
- actorsinger
- Biography
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Mirza Abduljabbar oglu Babayev was an Azerbaijani movie actor and singer. He was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1956), and People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1992).
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Jahangir Jahangirov
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- music educatorchorus masterpedagoguefilm score composercomposer
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Jahangir Shirgasht oglu Jahangirov was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, conductor and choirmaster; he was named People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1964.
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Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1970
- Occupations
- composermusic educatoruniversity teacherpianistmusicologist
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Franghiz Ali Aga Kïzï Ali-Zadeh is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist of contemporary classical music, chairperson of the Composers Union of Azerbaijan. Her music synthesizes Western classical modernist techniques with the Azerbaijani mugham art music. Among her better known works are the chamber piece Gabil Sajahy (1979) for cello and piano, as well as the ballet Empty Cradle (1993); she has also written instrumental, vocal and film music.
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Farhad Badalbeyli
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- composerpianistmusicologistmusic educator
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Farhad Shamsi oghlu Badalbeyli is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer. He was awarded the honorary titles, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1972), People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1978), the People's Artist of the USSR (1990), and laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1986).
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Dinara Aliyeva
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Dinara Alieva is an Azerbaijani and Russian opera singer (soprano). She is currently a soloist at the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, where she made her debut in 2009 as Liù in Puccini's opera Turandot. People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2018).
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Jovdat Hajiyev
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- composer
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Ahmad Jovdat Ismayil oglu Hajiyev was one of the major Azerbaijani composers of the Soviet period. He is remembered for his monumental orchestral works, having been the first Azerbaijani to compose a symphony (1936). He studied under Azerbaijan's Founder of Composed Music, Uzeyir Hajibeyov and under Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Soltan Hajibeyov
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- composermusic educatorconductorpianistpedagogue
- Biography
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Soltan Ismayil oghlu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR on 26 July 1973.
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Hokuma Gurbanova
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- actor
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Hokuma Abbasali gizi Gurbanova was an Azerbaijani and Soviet stage and film actress who was born and died in Baku. People's Artist of the USSR (1965).
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Murad Kajlayev
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- politicianmusic educatorfilm score composerconductorcomposer
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Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev was a Russian and Lak composer and conductor. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1981), People's Artist of the Republic of Dagestan (2016), and laureate of international premiums and contests. He was also Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Great Academic Concert Orchestra named after Silantyev, a professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
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Rauf Hajiyev
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1953
- Occupations
- composerconductorpoliticianpianistfilm score composer
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Rauf Soltan oghlu Hajiyev was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and politician. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR (1978). He was Chairman of the Union of Composers of the Azerbaijan SSR, minister of culture of the Azerbaijan SSR (1965–1971).
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Shamsi Badalbeyli
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1932
- Occupations
- film directoractortheatrical director
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Shamsi Badal oghlu Badalbeyli was an Azerbaijani theatre director and actor.
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Fidan Gasimova
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- opera singeractormusic educator
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Fidan Akram gizi Gasimova is an Azerbaijani operatic soprano who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.
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Rafig Babayev
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- musicianfilm score composerconductorcomposerjazz musician
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Rafig Farzi oglu Babayev was an Azerbaijani jazz musician, composer, conductor, arranger, author of scores for films, and People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1993).
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Agshin Alizadeh
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- composer
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Agshin Aligulu Alizade was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1987).
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Khayyam Mirzazade
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- composermusic teacher
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Khayyam Hadi oglu Mirzazade was an Azerbaijani composer and professor.
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Hagigat Rzayeva
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- opera singeractorsinger
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Hagigat Ali qizi Rzayeva was a Soviet Azerbaijani actress and singer of folk, opera, and pop music.
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Nushabe Elesgerli
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1990
- Occupations
- singeractor
- Biography
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İnstagram Alasgar gizi Hummatova is an Azerbaijani singer, actress, PhD in art history, and Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Isfar Sarabski
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- composerDJ producerpianistjazz musician
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Isfar Rzayev-Sarabski is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer, winner of the Solo Piano Competition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2009, Honorary Artist of Azerbaijan (2010), and receiver of the Zirva State Prize (2010). He is the great-grandson of Huseyngulu Sarabski, celebrated Azerbaijani opera singer, actor and one of the founders of opera in the Islamic world.
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Khuraman Gasimova
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- opera singerpedagogue
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Khuraman Gasimova is an Azerbaijani opera singer (soprano) and actress.
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Faraj Garayev
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- composeruniversity teachermusic educator
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Faraj Gara oglu Garayev; December 19, 1943 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani composer, music instructor, professor, son of the prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev and one of the leading composers of post-Soviet period.
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Tofig Bakikhanov
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1953
- Occupations
- music teachercomposerartistmusic educator
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Tofig Ahmed-agha oglu Bakikhanov is a composer. He was awarded the title People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1990).
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Amina Figarova
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- composerjazz musicianpianist
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Amina Figarova is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist. Trained as a classical pianist in Baku, she became interested in the local folk music, later specializing in jazz. Since the late 1980s, together with her husband, the flutist Bart Platteau, she has performed in jazz festivals around the world.
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Yalchin Adigezalov
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- conductor
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Yalchin Vasif oghlu Adigezalov is an Azerbaijani conductor and teacher. Adigezalov is a professor at the State Music Academy of Azerbaijan, the Baku Music Academy and Azerbaijan State Conservatory. He is a member of the third generation of a famous musical dynasty.
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Franghiz Ahmadova
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- opera singermusic educatordeputy
- Biography
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Franghiz Yusif qizi Ahmadova was a prominent Azerbaijani operatic soprano and music teacher. From 1951, she performed as a soloist at the Azerbaijani State Opera. She toured widely across the former Soviet Union, singing in the major opera houses of eastern Europe.
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Kovkab Safaraliyeva
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- composerpianistpedagogue
- Biography
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Kovkab Kamil qizi Safaraliyeva was an Azerbaijani classical pianist, piano instructor, and concertmaster.
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Rauf Abdullayev
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1959
- Occupations
- art directorconductor
- Biography
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Rauf Janbakhish oghlu Abdullayev is a chief conductor of Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, professor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR, Istiglal Order and "Golden Plane" international award.
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Rauf Babayev
- Enrolled in Baku Music Academy
- Studied in 1962
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Rauf Yusuf oghlu Babayev was an Azerbaijani singer (tenor), People's Artiste of Azerbaijan (2006).
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Salman Gambarov
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- composerjazz musicianpianist
- Biography
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Salman Huseyn oglu Gambarov is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer.
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Shahin Novrasli
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- composerjazz musicianpianist
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Shahin Novrasli is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist, and composer.
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Javid Samadov
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- opera singer
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Javid Samadov is an Azerbaijani baritone opera singer, who currently resides in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Yusif Akhundzade
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- military personnelconductor
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Major General Yusif Akhundzade is a prestigious Azerbaijani military conductor and director. Akhundzade is the current Senior Military Director of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. He also serves concurrently as the director of the Central Band of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, a position he has held since 1992.
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Ayyub Guliyev
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- conductor
- Biography
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Ayyub Ramiz oghlu Guliyev
