Gara Garayev
Composer
(05.02.1918 – 13.05.1982)
Gara Garayev son of Abulfaz was born in Baku. At the music school under the Azerbaijan State Conservatory (1926), at the Music Technical College under the Azerbaijan State Conservatory (new staff faculty – G. Sharoyev’s piano class, 1930), at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory (L. Rudolph’s composition, U. Hajibeyov’s basic folk music class, 1931-1938 ). P.I. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (A.N. Aleksandrov’s composition class, 1938-1940, D. Shostakovich’s class, 1944-1946). He worked as the artistic guiding of the Philharmonic (1941), director of the Conservatory (1949-1953), deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, first secretary of the Azerbaijan Composers’ Union (1956-1973). Organic union of classical and modern styles with national music, romantic interpretation of themes are specific features of his creativity. Among his works are “Mourning Prelude”, “Triple Fugue”, “Sonatina”, “Azerbaijani Rhapsody”, “Six Azerbaijani Folk Song Arrangements” for voice and piano, “Poem of Joy” for piano and symphony orchestra, “Sportsmen’s Suite” for wind orchestra. “, “Azerbaijan March”, “Baku Oilmen’s March”, “Layla” for Choir, “Azerbaijani suite” for Symphony Orchestra, “Fugue” for String Quartet, “Lover March” for Folk Instruments Orchestra, “Don Quixote” symphonic engravings , “Leyli and Majnun” symphonic poems, “Homeland” opera, “Seven beauties”, “Lightning roads” ballets. He wrote music for theater plays, movies and musicals. “History Lesson” (1956, directed by Leo Arnstam / Russia, Bulgaria), “Don Quixote” (1957, directed by Grigory Kosinchev, Lenfilm / Russia), “Golden Echelon” (1959, directed by Ilya Gurin, Gorky Film Studio / Russia), he composed music for the films “Goya” (1971, directed by Konrad Wolf / Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia). He was awarded the State Prize of the USSR for the opera “Homeland”, the State Prize for the symphonic poem “Leyli and Majnun”, the prize of the First All-Union Soviet Film Festival for the music of the film “Two Boys in a Neighborhood”, and the Lenin Prize for the ballet “Lightning Roads”. Honored Worker of Art (1955), People’s Artist of Azerbaijan (1958) and USSR (1959), Laureate of USSR State Prizes (1946, 1948), Lenin Prize Laureate (1967), Hero of Socialist Labor (1978), Academician (1959) Gara Garayev died in 1982, in Moscow.
- https://science.gov.az/az/news/open/7337
- https://www.muallim.edu.az/news.php?id=17969
- https://medeniyyettv.az/az/news/1652/qara-qarayevin-seadet-negmeleri
- https://respublika-news.az/news/dunyasohretli-bestekar-qara-qarayev
- https://bakuplus.az/2023/02/05/31-ya-nda-konservatoriyan-n-rektoru-olan-b-st-kar-qara-qarayev/
FILMOGRAPHY:
- Nikita Ivanovich and socialism (1931, full length feature film) – composer
- Azerbaijan with orden (1938, full length documentary film) – composer
- A family (1943, full length feature film) – composer
- Caspian sailors (1944, full length documentary film) – operator
- The lights of Baku (1950, full length feature film) – composer
- Mingechevir (II) (1950, short documentary film) – composer
- Saga about Caspian oilmen (1953, short documentary film) – composer
- To my native people (1954, full length documentary film) – his compositions were used
- Two people from one neighborhood (1957, full length feature film) – composer
- His great heart (1958, full length feature film) – composer
- On far shores ( (1958, full length feature film) – composer
- . Conquerors of the sea (1959, full length documentary film) – composer
- A true friend (1959, full length feature film) – composer
- Leyli and Medjnun (1961, full length feature film) – composer
- Matteo Falkone (1961, short feature film) – composer
- Man settles down (1967, full length feature film) – composer
- Absheron rhythms (1970, full length documentary film) – his composition was used
- Song lover land (1981, full length documentary film) – his composition was used
- Nizami (III) (1982, full length feature film) – composer
- Seven beauties (1982, full length feature film) – composer, his work was used
- Everything as it is (2000, documentary series) – his compositions were used
- 80 kilometers underground (2002, short documentary television film) – his composition was used
- Until the last pass (2002, short documentary television film) – his compositions were used
- Chici carpets (2002, short documentary television film) – his compositions were used
- Bakhtiyar Vahabzade (II) (2003, full length documentary television film) – his composition was used
- From 70 to 1… (2004, short documentary television film) – his compositions were used
- Absheron plates (II) (2004, short documentary television film) – his composition was used
- Breathing instruments (2004, short documentary television film) – his composition was used
- Baku Choreography School (2005, short documentary television film) – his composition was used
- Good bye, southern city (2006, full length feature film) – his composition was used
- War against Azerbaijani cultural heritage (2007, short documentary film) – his compositions were used
- In the garden place (2007, short documentary television film) – his composition was used
- Girls (2007, feature series) – his composition was used
- 40th door (2008, full length feature film) – his composition was used
- Azerbaijani motifs (2008, short documentary film) – his compositions were used
- Long life’s moments (2008, full length documentary television film) – his composition was used
- Truth itself (2008, full length documentary film) – his compositions were used
- The queen of Azerbaijani painting (2009, short documentary film) – his compositions were used
- A handful of land (2009, full length film-performance) – his composition was used
- People’s man (2009, short documentary television film) – his compositions were used
- Death queue (2009, full length feature film) – his compositions were used
- Bonfires of excitement (2010, short documentary film) – his compositions were used
- Colors of the heart (2010, short documentary film) – his compositions were used
- Azerbaijani carpets (II) (2010-2011, documentary series) – his compositions were used
- Jazz legend (2011, short documentary television film) – his compositions were used
- Those who crossed the horizon (2011, full length documentary film) – his compositions were used
- Veiled longing … (2012, short documentary television film) – his compositions were used
- Hard years… good memories… (2014, short documentary film) – his compositions were used
- Faithful lover (2014, short documentary film) – his compositions were used
- Fetus or goldfish (2017, short feature film) – his composition was used
- Caucasian Hiroshima (short documentary film) – his compositions were used
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