Zakir Baghirov (composer) explained

Zakir Baghirov
Zakir Bağırov
Birth Date:16 March 1916
Birth Place:Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Baku, Azerbaijan
Genre:opera, classical music
Occupation:composer
Years Active:1949–1992
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Education:Moscow State Conservatory
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Zakir Javad oghlu Baghirov (Azerbaijani: Zakir Cavad oğlu Bağırov, March 16, 1916 — January 8, 1996) was an Azerbaijani composer, professor, and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR.[1]

Biography

Zakir Baghirov was born on March 16, 1916, in Shusha. After graduating from the Moscow State Conservatory 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.[2] 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.[3]

For the first time in 1935, Zakir Bagirov, together with composer Tofig Guliyev, 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).[4]

Z. Baghirov died on January 8, 1996, in Baku.[5]

Awards and honorary titles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bağırov Zakir Cavad oğlu. (16.03.1916 — 1996) . mk.musigi-dunya.az . November 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116121853/http://mk.musigi-dunya.az/composer_z_bagirov.html. November 16, 2022 . live.
  2. Web site: Görkəmli bəstəkar Zakir Bağırovun xatirəsi yad edilib . March 16, 2016 . November 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116121452/https://report.az/incesenet-xeberleri/gorkemli-bestekar-zakir-bagirovun-xatiresi-yad-edilib/. November 16, 2022 . live.
  3. Web site: Bağırov Zakir Cavad oğlu . www.musicacademy.edu.az . November 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116121608/http://www.musicacademy.edu.az/mus-nazariyya-gorkemli/389-zakir-bagirov.html. November 16, 2022 . live.
  4. Web site: Əməkdar İncəsənət Xadimi Zakir Bağırovun 100 illiyinə həsr olunmuş xatirə gecəsi keçirilib . December 23, 2016 . azertag.az . . November 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116121707/https://azertag.az/xeber/Amekdar_Incesenet_Xadimi_Zakir_Bagirovun_100_illiyine_hesr_olunmus_xatire_gecesi_kechirilib-1022046. November 16, 2022 . live.
  5. Web site: Şuşalı bəstəkarlar. July 20, 2022 . medeniyyet.az. November 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116121114/https://www.medeniyyet.az/page/news/63418/.html. November 16, 2022. live.