| Firudin Safarov | |
|---|---|
| Firudin Səfərov | |
| Born | (1933-08-01)1 August 1933 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 26 July 2024(2024-07-26) (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
| Spouse | Franghiz Ahmadova |
| 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).
Biography
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.
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.
Awards
- People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1986)
- People's Artiste of Azerbaijan (10 September 1992)
- State Hamza Prize (1981)
- Taraggi Medal (13 March 2006)
References
- ^ "Özbəkistandakı diasporumuz Azərbaycan əsilli rejissor Firudin Səfərovu 90 illik yubileyi münasibətilə təbrik edib". diaspor.gov.az. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Ушел из жизни народный артист Узбекистана и Азербайджана Фирудин Сафаров". Podrobno. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- "F.S. Səfərova "Azərbaycan Respublikasının xalq artisti" fəxri adının verilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI". 10 September 1992.
- "Адабиёт, санъат ва архитектура соҳасида Ҳамза номидаги Ўзбекистон ССР давлат мукофотларини бериш тўғрисида" [On awarding the State Prizes of the Uzbekistan SSR named after Hamza in the field of literature, art and architecture]. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni (in Uzbek). No. 248. 27 October 1981. p. 1.
- "Dünya azərbaycanlılarının həmrəyliyi sahəsində fəaliyyətinə görə bir qrup ictimai xadimin təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN SƏRƏNCAMI". 13 March 2006.