Gadzhiev, Rauf Soltan oglu

Rauf Hajiyev was born on May 15, 1922 in Baku .

At the age of 18, he wrote his first work - the operetta “Student Tricks”.

From 1948 to 1949 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with a professor in instrumentation, N. P. Rakov , in 1953 he graduated from the Azerbaijan Conservatory in composition (graduate of Kara Karaev ) ^[1] .

In 1955 he organized the State Pop Orchestra of Azerbaijan, was its artistic director until 1964 ^[2] .

In 1964 he became director of the Baku Philharmonic , and a year later he took the post of Minister of Culture of the Azerbaijan SSR, having worked in this position until 1971 .

At the initiative of the Soviet leadership, Hajiyev, as general adviser on art on the African continent, was sent to Algeria , where he worked for 8 years. He participated in the creation in Algeria of academies of music, dance and theater ^[3] . He took part in staging a program of three one-act ballets to his own music, which was shown on a tour in Paris .

Upon returning to his homeland, he became chairman of the Union of Composers of the Azerbaijan SSR , and held this position until his death. Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Azerbaijan SSR ^[4]

Member of the CPSU since 1958 ^[1] .

He died on September 18, 1995 . He was buried in the Alley of Honor in Baku .

Symphonic works

• 1950 - “Spring”, cantata to the words of S. Vurgun and R. Rza
• 1952 - concert for violin and orchestra
• 1953 - "Youth Symphony"
• 1954 - Suite "Dance Pictures"
• 1962 - “Choreographic Suite”
• 1972 - Algerian Suite
• 1976 - cantata dedicated to Samed Vurgun
• 1982 - symphonic poem "Sheikh Sanan"
• 1983 - symphonic poem "Sabuhi"
• 1984 - symphonic poem "Asi Aslanov"

Oratorios

• 1957 - The Tale of Freedom
• 1964 - “Forever Together”
• 1966 - The Bouquet of Azerbaijan

Compositions for chamber orchestra

• 1965 - impromptu poem
• 1969 - poem In Memory of Jabarly
• 1982 - Symphony

Ballets

• 1969 - Lezginka (ballet miniature)
• 1969 - "Yalli" (ballet miniature)
• 1972 - “Azerbaijan Suite” (ballet miniature)
• 1974 - Three Revolutions
• 1975 - The Flame
• 1978 - Uriah

Operettas

• 1940 - Student Tricks
• 1959 - "Neighbors" (1960 - a new edition called "Romeo, my neighbor")
• 1963 - “Cuba is my love!”
• 1969 - Do Not Hide the Smile (Caucasian Niece)
• 1971 - The Fourth Vertebra
• 1975 - Mom, I Will Marry
• 1980 - The Crossroads
• "Golden Caravel" on the libretto of Valery Brumel .
• "Here and there" to the 100th anniversary of U. Hajibeyov .

Other

Pieces for pop orchestra, miniatures for piano “Tarantella”, “Lezginka”, “Dagestan” (1940), sextet for wind instruments (1967), ballet cycle - “Algerian miniatures” (1972), music for performances (including to the play “Two Families” by Ismailov (1955) and films.

Rauf Hajiyev is the author of about 100 songs, including “My Azerbaijan”, “Bahar Gyalir” (“Spring is coming”), “Sevgilim” (“Beloved”), “Baku”, “Leila”.

Filmography

• 1941 - Nizami
• 1956 - The Black Rocks
• 1957 - “Səadət və əmək mahnıları”
• 1958 - “The Kazbek Box” (short)
• 1958 - Shadows Crawl
• 1958 - “Its 150 Years”
• 1959 - The Secret of the Fortress
• 1959 - “Azərbaycan mədəniyyətinin baharı”
• 1962 - I Will Dance
• 1963 - “ Where is Ahmed? "
• 1963 - Romeo My Neighbor
• 1966 - Chernushka
• 1967 - “Earth, Sea, Fire, Sky”
• 1987 - Here and There.

• Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR ( 1960 ) ^[5]
• People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR ( 1964 )
• People's Artist of the USSR ( 1978 )
• Order of Lenin (05/14/1982)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (06/09/1959)
• Order of the Badge of Honor
• medals.

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