The Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music (

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: ''Hacıbəyov adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a

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in Baku,

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. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire.

History

In 1920, Azerbaijani composer

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Üzeyir bəy Əbdülhüseyn oğlu Hacıbəyov; russian: Узеир Абдул-Гусейн оглы Гаджибеков, translit=Uzeir Abdul-Guseyn ogly Gadzhibekov; September 18, 1885November 23, 19 ...

began a movement aimed at propagating classical music among the people. His report presented at the Azerbaijani People's Commissariat of Education (early Soviet analogue of a Ministry of

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) offering the establishment of a high-level music education institution resulted in the approval of his proposal. Thus, the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire was founded on 25 May 1920. Hajibeyov became one of its first instructors. In the 1920s, he established the Oriental Department, where Azeri folk music was taught both traditionally (orally) and by European methods, i.e., using

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s. Along with composer Muslim Magomayev, he developed the textbook ''Azeri Folk Songs'' published in 1927. In 1939, Hajibeyov was made head of the Conservatoire.Baku Academy of Music: History (1939-1956)
''Musakademiya.musigi-dunya.az''. Retrieved 30 December 2006 In 1930, the Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Armenian Cathedral of Baku was demolished as part of the early Soviet atheist policy to make way for the construction of the new academy building. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, the conservatoire executives organized hundreds of concerts for military units and soldiers who recovered in hospitals. It was enhanced with the Bulbul Specialized Secondary Music School in 1931, the Music Studio School in 1980, and the Mammadova Opera Studio in 1984.Baku Academy of Music: Divisions
. ''Musakademiya.musigi-dunya.az''. Retrieved 30 December 2006 In 1991, it was renamed Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music.

Academics

There are three faculties and 18 departments. The academy offers graduating students

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, kandidat's, and

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s. There are two research laboratories — the Restoration and Improvement of Ancient Musical Instruments Laboratory established in 1991 and the Investigation of Professional Oral Music Traditions Laboratory, established in 1992.

Notable staff and alumni

Gara Garayev Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev ( az, 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 pr ...

* Fikrat Amirov * Soltan Hajibeyov * Jovdat Hajiyev * Arif Melikov *

Khayyam Mirzazade Khayyam Hadi oglu Mirzazade ( az, Xəyyam Hadı oğlu Mirzəzadə; 5 October 1935 – 30 July 2018) was an Azerbaijani composer and professor. Biography Khayyam Mirzazade was born on October 5, 1935, in Baku. In 1957, he graduated from Azerbaija ...

h * Sona Aslanova *

Polad Bülbüloğlu Polad Bulbuloghlu ( az, Polad Bülbüloğlu; born February 4, 1945) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, actor, politician, and diplomat. Bulbuloghlu became famous in the Soviet Union with composing jazz-influenced pop songs which has heavy Azerba ...

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 ...

*Ismayil Hajibeyov * Vagif Mustafazade * Muslim Magomayev * Ödön Pártos * Kovkab Safaraliyeva * Vladimir Shainsky * Asaf Zeynalli *

Dilara Kazimova Dilara Kazimova ( az , Dilarə Kazımova ; born 20 May 1984) is an Azerbaijani singer and actress. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with the song " Start a Fire". Career Born in Baku, Kazimova studie ...

* Javid Samadov * Yusif Akhundzade * Fidan Aghayeva-Edler * Emin Sabitoglu * Aliya Teregulova * Tatiana Sheinin * Aida Huseynova

References

External links

Baku Musical Academy website
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