Background: | person | ||
Teymur Mirzoyev Teymur Mirzəyev | |||
Birth Place: | Aghdam, Aghdam District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR | ||
Death Place: | Israel | ||
Occupation: | singer | ||
Past Member Of: | Gaya Quartet | ||
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Teymur Ibrahim oghlu Mirzoyev (az|Teymur İbrahim oğlu Mirzəyev, 1936 — 27 September 2021) was an Azerbaijani singer, artistic director of Gaya Quartet, People's Artiste of Azerbaijan (1993).
Teymur Mirzoyev was born in 1936 in Aghdam. He graduated from the choir-conductor faculty of the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. In 1961, he created the Gaya Quartet, became the artistic director and soloist of the ensemble. The Gaya ensemble, a laureate of All-Union and International competitions, was one of the well-known collectives in the territory of the USSR and many foreign countries.[1]
Together with the collective, he toured in Germany, Austria, America, Turkey, India, Africa, Czechoslovakia, Israel, Canada, Georgia, Ukraine.[2]
Teymur Mirzoyev, who lived in Israel for a long time, died on 27 September 2021, at the age of 85.[3]