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Gara Garayev
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Azerbaijani composer (1918-1982)
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Gara Garayev, born Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev in Baku in 1918, was a Soviet composer, pianist, and music educator. He studied at the Baku Academy of Music and the Moscow Conservatory under Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Dmitri Shostakovich. His professional career began in 1938, during which he composed works in the genres of opera, symphony, and ballet, as well as film scores. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Composers and the Association of Filmmakers of the USSR.
Garayev received several honors, including the titles of Hero of Socialist Labour and People's Artist of the USSR, along with the Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and participated in the 22nd Congress of the party. He taught students such as Vladimir Shainsky, Rauf Hajiyev, Arif Malikov, and Vasif Adigozalov. He died in Moscow in 1982 and is buried in the Alley of Honor.
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Film & TV
Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, People's Republic of Azerbaijan
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, 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…
Known for
- The 309th Room: Qara Qarayev — Self (Archive Footage)2024
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Active from
- 1918
- Active to
- 1982
Discography
- Ballet Suites1995
- Symphony no. 3 / Leyla and Mejnun / Don Quixote2008
- The Seven Beauties / The Path of Thunder2013
- Seven Beauties Suite / Leyla and Mejnun / Don Quixote / Lullaby from “The Path of Thunder”2017
- Sonata For Violin And Piano / 24 Preludes For Piano2017
- Piano Works2018
- Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto2018
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 278
- Total plays
- 1,833
Tags
Gara Garayev, also spelled Kara Karayev and Qara Qareyev, born as Gara Abulfaz oglu Garayev (december 5, 1918 in Baku – May 13, 1982 in Moscow) was a prominent Azerbaijani composer from the Soviet period.. Gara Garayev was a composer far ahead of his time. We, his contemporaries, did not always understand his vision. He made nearly 110 pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, piano solos, cantatas, songs and marches. His imprint on Azerbaijan's music is profound. <a href
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1918-02-05 ) February 5, 1918, Baku , Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (present-day Azerbaijan)
- Died
- May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13) (aged 64), Moscow , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Occupations
- Composer , conductor
- Years active
- 1938–1982
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kara
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Baku
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Father
- Abulfaz Garayev
- Mother
- Sona Akhundova-Garayeva
- Sibling
- Mursal Garayev
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Baku Academy of Music
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Azerbaijani
- Award
- Order of Lenin
- Participant in
- 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Student of
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Genre
- ballet
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- qara-qarayev.musigi-dunya.az/index_ru.html
- Image
- Кара Абульфаз оглы Караев.jpg
- Work location
- Soviet Union
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1918-02-05
- date of death
- 1982-05-13
- Commons category
- Gara Garayev
- Commons Creator page
- Gara Garayev
- place of burial
- Alley of Honor
- birth name
- Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev
- different from
- Gara Garayev
- student
- Vasif Adigozalov
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
- end of work period
- 1982-00-00
- name in native language
- Qara Qarayev
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Encyclopedic overview
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982) 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.
Early life
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