Zakir Javad oghlu Baghirov ( az, Zakir Cavad oğlu Bağırov, March 16, 1916 — January 8, 1996) was an Azerbaijani composer, professor, and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Biography
Zakir Baghirov was born on March 16, 1916, in
Shusha. After graduating from the
Moscow State Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
in 1949, he worked as a teacher at the
Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. From 1970 he was the head of the department of music theory. He has been a member of the
Composers Union of Azerbaijan since 1950, as well as a member of the Board of this union. In different years he worked as the art director of the
Muslim Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall, the art director of the
Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Republic, the chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijan Music Foundation.
For the first time in 1935, Zakir Bagirov, together with composer
Tofig Guliyev
Tofig Alakbar oglu Guliyev ( az, Tofiq Ələkbər oğlu Quliyev, tr, Tevfik Elekber oğlu Guliyev; 7 November 1917, Baku – 4 October 2000, Baku) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and conductor.
Biography
Tofig Guliyev was born in ...
, wrote and published mughams "
Rast", "Dugah" and "Zabul" performed by tar player
Mirza Mansur Mansurov. He is also one of the authors of the collection "Azerbaijani folk dances" (1951).
Z. Baghirov died on January 8, 1996, in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
.
Awards and honorary titles
* Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR — May 24, 1960
*
Order of the Badge of Honour — June 9, 1959
*
Medal "For Distinguished Labour" — August 22, 1986
References
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1916 births
1996 deaths
Azerbaijani film score composers
Azerbaijani opera composers
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Soviet composers
Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR