Taghizade-Hajibeyov, Niyazi Zulfugar oglu

Niyazi was born on August 7 ( August 20 ), 1912 in Tiflis (now Tbilisi , Georgia ).

In 1921, he played the violin in a Turkish military band.

He was engaged in the composition class with M.F. Gnesin at the Musical College named after Gnesins in Moscow (1925-1926), with A. L. Stepanyan at the Yerevan Conservatory , with G. N. Popov at the Leningrad Central Music College (1929-1930, did not finish his studies - health problems prevented), in 1933-1934 years - at the Baku Conservatory (teachers - L. M. Rudolph and S. Strasser).

In 1932-1933 - head of the sector of science, literature and art of the People's Commissariat of Education of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic . In 1935-1937, the head of the musical part of the Azerbaijan film studio . In 1937-1938 - the artistic director of the Azerbaijan state stage . In 1938-1944 - deputy chairman of the organizing committee, from 1956 - member of the board of the Union of Composers of the Azerbaijan SSR .

In 1937-1948 - conductor, in 1951-1952 and 1958-1959 - chief conductor, in 1961-1965 - director, artistic director and chief conductor of the Azerbaijan Opera and Ballet Theater. M.F. Akhundova . At the same time, since 1938 (intermittently) - artistic director and chief conductor of the Uzeyir Hajibeyov Azerbaijan Symphony Orchestra . In 1946 he became a laureate of the All-Union Conductors' Review.

In 1960-1961 - chief conductor of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. S. M. Kirov .

Since 1979 - Director of the Azerbaijan Philharmonic .

Toured abroad. He performed in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, New York, Paris, Istanbul, Tehran, London and Beijing.

Member of the CPSU (b) since 1942. Member of the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan SSR of the 3-8th convocations (1951-1975). Member of the USSR Armed Forces of the 11th convocation (1984).

Niyazi died on August 2, 1984 . He was buried in the Alley of Honor in Baku .

On September 18, 1994, the Niyazi House Museum was opened.

In 2017, a monument to Niyazi was opened in Baku ^[2] .

Family

• Father - Zulfugar Hajibeyov (1884-1950), composer, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943).
• Mother - Boyukhanum Hajibeyova.
• Uncle - Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948), composer, People's Artist of the USSR (1938).
• Wife (since 1933 ) - Hadzhar Hajibeyova, had no children from this marriage ^[3] .
• According to some sources, he was married to Bariat Soltan Majidovna Muradova (1914-2001), an actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1960) ^[4] .

• Hero of Socialist Labor ( 1982 )
• Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR ( 1940 ) ^[5]
• People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR ( 1955 )
• People's Artist of the USSR ( 1959 )
• People's Artist of the Armenian SSR ( 1962 )
• Stalin Prize of the second degree ( 1951 ) - for concert performance
• Stalin Prize of the second degree ( 1952 ) - for conducting the ballet performance "Gulschen" by S. I. Hajibeyov
• State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1967)
• Prize of the Lenin Komsomol of the Azerbaijan SSR (1972)
• Jawaharlal Nehru International Prize (1974) ^[6]
• Two Orders of Lenin ( 1976 , 1982 )
• Order of the October Revolution ( 1971 )
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor ( 1967 )
• Order of the Badge of Honor ( 1938 )
• Order of Cyril and Methodius ( NRB )
• Bel Bartok Medal ( Hungary )
• Medal of the city of Karl-Marx-Stadt ( GDR )
• Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi (1982).

Conducting

Operas

• "Nargiz" M. Magomaev ( 1938 )
• "Korogly" by U. Hajibeyov ( 1937 )
• “Veten” (“Homeland”) by K. Karaev and A. D. Gadzhiev (1945)
• Seville by F. Amirov (3rd ed., 1959)
• " Eugene Onegin " by P. I. Tchaikovsky
• The Queen of Spades by P. I. Tchaikovsky
• " The fate of man " I. I. Dzerzhinsky
• "Hope Svetlova" I. I. Dzerzhinsky
• " Prince Igor " by A.P. Borodin
• " Carmen " by J. Bizet
• " Bohemia " by J. Puccini
• " Sold the bride " B. Smetana
• " Aida " by J. Verdi .

Ballets

• "Gyulshen" by S. Hajibeyov ( 1951 )
• The Seven Beauties by K. Karaev ( 1959 )
• “ The trail of thunder ” K. Karaev ( 1960 )
• The Sleeping Beauty by P. I. Tchaikovsky ( 1961 )
• The Legend of Love by A. Melikov ( 1961 )
• The Stone Flower by S. S. Prokofiev ( 1961 )

Symphonic compositions

• Symphonic poem “Leili and Majnun” by K. Karaev (1947)
• The 2nd suite from the ballet “Path of Thunder” by K. Karaev (1967)
• Symphony “In Memory of Lenin” by A. Hajiyev (1971)

Main Works

Operas

• “1920” (opera cantata, 1940)
• “Khosrov and Shirin” (based on the poem of the same name by Nizami , 1942).

Ballet

• Chitra (based on the poem by R. Tagore , 1961).

Works for orchestra

• The Zagatala Suite (1934)
• Concert Lezginka (1939)
• Overture-fantasy "In battle" (1943)
• The painting "In memory of the heroes" (1944)
• Symphonic mugam “Rast” (1949)
• Concert Waltz (1954)
• Suite from the ballet Chitra (1970)
• "Poem" for piano and symphony orchestra (1945).

Other works

• Musical and stage composition "Flowers of One Garden" for soloists, choir, orchestra of Azerbaijani folk instruments (1949)
• Song and Dance for String Quartet (1959)
• Music for sports parades (1938, 1940, 1941, 1947)
• Songs to the words of Azerbaijani poets, including "Song of the Motherland" (1937)
• Pieces for wind band
• Songs, folk song processing
• The editions of the 1st act of the opera “ Nargiz ” by M. Magomayev , the opera “ Ashug-Garib ” by Z. Hajibeyov , the musical comedy “ Arshin Mal Alan ” by U. Hajibeyov .

Music for Drama Theater and Cinema

• Music for dramatic performances, including “The Ruined Nest” by A. Akhverdiev , “ In 1905 ” and “Almas” by D. Dzhabarly , “Vagif” by S. Vurgun , “Plato Krechet” by A. Korneychuk .

• Chitra (ballet)
• Azerbaijani jazz

Tagizade-Hajibeyov, Niyazi Zulfugar oglu (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".