Näcip Ğayaz ulı Cihanov — Tatar Cyrillic: Нәҗип Гаяз улы Җиһанов, pronounced ; russian: Нази́б Гая́зович Жига́нов; anglicised as Najip Jihanov or, more usually, Nazib Gayazovich Zhiganov — was a Soviet and Tatar composer, pedagogue and statesman. He was born on in

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; and died on 2 June 1988. Cihanov wrote eight operas (notably ''Altınçäç'' and '' Cälil''), three ballets, 15 symphonies, other symphonic works (''Qırlay'', ''Suite on Tatar Themes'', ''Näfisä'', ''Symphonic novellas'', and ''Symphonic Songs'' among them), the cantata ''Republic of Mine'' (1960), camera-instrumental compositions, and romances and songs. Granted the titles of

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1957) and

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(1981), Cihanov served as artistic leader of the Tatar Opera and Ballet from 1941 to 1943, chairman of Tatarstan's Composers Union from 1939 to 1977, and rector of Kazan Conservatory from 1945 to 1988. He was made professor in 1953; Kazan Conservatory was renamed in his honor in 2000. Importantly, Cihanov was one of the founders of the State Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan. In his capacity as statesman, he served as a deputy in the

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(1951–1959), the Tatar ASSR (1963–1967, 1977–1988), and indeed the Soviet Union (1966–1970).

Operas

*''Qaçqın'' (1939) *''İrek'' (1940) "Freedom" *''Altınçäç'' (1941) "The golden-haired girl" *''İldar'' (1942) *''Tüläk'' (1945) *''Namus'' (1950) "Honour" *''Cälil'' (1957) based on the life of poet

Musa Cälil Musa Cälil ( tt-Cyrl, Муса Җәлил, translit=Musa Çəlil, ; russian: Муса Джалиль; 25 August 1944) was a Soviet– Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero ...

."Джалиль" (1957, либр. А. Файзи). Article in Russian
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References and notes

* 1911 births 1988 deaths 20th-century classical composers People from Oral, Kazakhstan Academic staff of Kazan Conservatory Moscow Conservatory alumni Seventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Heroes of Socialist Labour People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize Ballet composers Male opera composers Tatar culture Tatar people of the Soviet Union Tatar composers Tatar music Tatar musicians Soviet classical musicians Soviet male composers Soviet music educators Soviet opera composers Burials at Arskoe Cemetery {{Russia-composer-stub