Nigar Usubova ( az, Nigar İbrahim bəy qızı Usubova; May 2, 1914 – September 15, 1995) was a

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and head of piano department of

Baku Academy of Music The Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music (Azeri: ''Hacıbəyov adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a music school in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. H ...

. She also worked as a vice-rector for educational and scientific work of

. She was twice awarded the

Order of the Badge of Honor The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

Life

Nigar Usubova was born in 1914 in Salahli village of

Qazakh District Qazax District (; az, Qazax rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-west of the country and belongs to the Gazakh-Tovuz Economic Region. The district borders the district of Aghstafa, and the Tavush Province o ...

Ibrahim bey Usubov Ibrahim bey Musa Agha oghlu Usubov ( az, İbrahim bəy Musa Ağa oğlu Usubov; March 6, 1872 – June 16, 1920) was an Azerbaijani Major General in Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Early life Ibrahim bey Usubov was born ...

(

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of Imperial Russian Army and

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), or simply as Azerbaijan in Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920,''Bulletin d'Information de l'Azerbaidjan'', No. I, September 1, 1919, pp. 6–7''125 H.C.Debs.'', 58., February 24, 1920, p. 1467. Caucasian A ...

) and Govhar Khanum (daughter of

Mirza Huseyn Afandi Qayibov Mirza Huseyn Afandi Qayibov ( az, Mirzə Hüseyn Əfəndi Qayıbov) - Azerbaijani clergyman, literary critic, publicist, enlightener and Mufti of the Caucasus (1884-1917). He was the author of 4-volume work on Azerbaijani literature. Early li ...

, the mufti of Transcaucasus). She graduated from the Azerbaijan State Industrial Institute in 1935 and the Azerbaijan State Conservatory in 1947. From 1952 to 1970 he was an associate

of the piano department of the conservatory, vice-rector for educational and scientific work. In 1966 she became a professor. From 1959 to 1969 she worked as the head of the piano department of

. She was a follower of Alexander Goldenweiser and studied the music of Anton Arensky, dedicating a methodological research work to him.

Awards

She was twice awarded the

. He was an Honored Art Worker of the

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References

{{reflist 1914 births 1995 deaths Academic staff of the Baku Academy of Music Soviet Azerbaijani people Baku Academy of Music alumni 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century Azerbaijani women