Firudin Safarov | |
Native Name: | Firudin Səfərov |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1933 |
Birth Place: | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR |
Native Name Lang: | az |
Spouse: | Franghiz Ahmadova |
Occupation: | Theatre director |
Awards: | |
Firudin Sattar oghlu Safarov (Azerbaijani: Firudin Səttar oğlu Səfərov, 1 August 1933 – 26 July 2024) was an Azerbaijani theatre director, Professor of Tashkent State Conservatory, and a People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1986), People's Artiste of Azerbaijan (1992).
Firudin Safarov was born in Baku on 1 August 1933. He studied percussion at the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire, then graduated from the faculty of musical theater directing at the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory.[1]
After working as a musician in the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, led by the famous conductor Niyazi, he continued his career as a production director at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.
In 1977, Firudin Safarov was invited to the Alisher Navoi State Academic Big Theatre and worked there from that year. He was a professor of the opera training faculty of the Tashkent State Conservatory.
Safarov died on 26 July 2024, at the age of 90.[2]