| Murad KazhlayevМурад Кажлаев | |
|---|---|
 Kazhlayev in 1993 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1931-01-15)15 January 1931 Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Azerbaijan) |
| Died | 23 December 2023(2023-12-23) (aged 92) Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | |
Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev (15 January 1931 – 23 December 2023) was a Russian and Lak composer and conductor. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1981), People's Artist of the Republic of Dagestan [ru] (2016), and laureate of international premiums and contests. He was also Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Great Academic Concert Orchestra named after Silantyev [ru], a professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
Biography
Murad Kajlayev was born on 15 January 1931 in Baku to a Lak family. He graduated from Baku State Conservatoire from the composition class of Boris Zeidman [ru]. He was expelled from there for his ardour for practicing non-academic musical genres but soon he was reclaimed. He worked as a teacher at a musical school named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in Makhachkala, as a chief conductor of the Dagestan Radio Symphonic Orchestra (1957–1958), artistic director of the Dagestan Philharmonic Hall (1963–1964) and secretary of administration of the Union of Soviet Composers (from 1968). Kajlayev died on 23 December 2023, at the age of 92.
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- Russian: Мурад Магомедович Кажлаев, romanized: Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev
- Azerbaijani: Murad Maqomedoviç Kajlayev
References
- ^ "Кажлаев Мурад". newmuz.narod.ru.
- "Кажлаев Мурад Магомедович — Кто есть кто в культуре — Яндекс.Словари".
- Мурад Магомедович КАЖЛАЕВ. biograph.ru
- "Школа Мурада Кажлаева встречала гостей Международного фестиваля "Эта песня твоя и моя"". Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- На 93-м году жизни ушёл из жизни народный артист СССР Мурад Кажлаев (in Russian)
External links
- Murad Kazhlayev discography at Discogs
- Murad Kazhlayev at IMDb as Murad Kazhlayev
- 1931 births
- 2023 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century Russian conductors (music)
- 20th-century Russian male musicians
- 21st-century classical composers
- 21st-century Russian conductors (music)
- 21st-century Russian male musicians
- Musicians from Baku
- Baku Academy of Music alumni
- First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR winners
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Male film score composers
- Male operetta composers
- Azerbaijani ballet composers
- Russian ballet composers
- Russian classical musicians
- Russian film score composers
- Russian male classical composers
- Russian male conductors (music)
- Russian music educators
- Soviet classical musicians
- Soviet conductors (music)
- Soviet film score composers
- Soviet male classical composers
- Soviet music educators
- Laks (Caucasus)