Chingiz Sadykhov ( az, Çingiz Sadıxov), also spelled Sadikhov or Sadighov (5 April 1929, in
Baku – 30 December 2017, in
California
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),
was a Soviet and Azerbaijani musician and
pianist
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. He was active in Baku and San Francisco.
Biography
He graduated from Bul-Bul Musical School in
Baku and Azerbaijani State Conservatory. Mr. Sadykhov further studied for PhD degree in Moscow Conservatory under professor Goldenveyser. Then he returned to
Baku where he lived until 1994 before migration to the United States. He resided in
San Francisco
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.
Initially Chingiz Sadykhov played classical music but later switched to Azerbaijani music. He has spent much of his life accompanying Azerbaijan's most prominent singers, including
Bulbul, the founder of Azerbaijan's professional vocal school;
Rashid Behbudov
Rashid Behbudov ( az, Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, Azerbaijani Cyrillic: Рашид Бейбутов; 14 December 1915 – 9 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer and actor.
Rashid Behbudov was born in Tbilisi in 1915. His father, ...
, the singer who most often represented Azerbaijan throughout the world during the Soviet period; and
Muslim Magomayev, one of the former Soviet Union's best-known pop stars. When asked how many songs are in his repertoire, Chingiz readily admitted that there were so many that he wouldn't know where to start counting.
Albums
Songs Of Azerbaijan (1998
* Piano Music Of Azerbaijan (2003)
* Muzik Of Azerbaijan (2006)
References
External links
*To listen to Chingiz, clic
*Chingiz Sadykhov ,
1929 births
2017 deaths
Azerbaijani classical pianists
Musicians from Baku
Baku Academy of Music alumni
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Azerbaijani emigrants to the United States
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