Faraj Garayev
Faraj Gara oglu Garayev (Fərəc Qara oğlu Qarayev); December 19, 1943 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani composer, music instructor, professor, son of the prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev and one of the leading composers of post-Soviet period. In 1966, Garayev graduated from the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire, specialising in music composition, taught by his father Gara Garayev. In 1971, he finished his post-graduate studies.
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- Name
- Faraj Garayev
- Born
- 19 December 1943
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- Azerbaijan · Soviet Union · Russia
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Baku Academy of Music
- Honours
- Humay Award · Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR · People's Artist of Azerbaijan · Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR · Merited Artist of Russia
- Languages
- Azerbaijani
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Faraj Gara oglu Garayev (Fərəc Qara oğlu Qarayev); December 19, 1943 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani composer, music instructor, professor, son of the prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev and one of the leading composers of post-Soviet period. In 1966, Garayev graduated from the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire, specialising in music composition, taught by his father Gara Garayev. In 1971, he finished his post-graduate studies.
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Biography
Biography
From 1966 to 2003, he taught composition, instrumentation and polyphony at the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire and from 1994 he has been a professor there. From 1991, he has been living in Baku and Moscow. In 1991, he became professor of the faculty of music theory at the Moscow State Conservatoire. In 2003, he became professor of composition, in the faculty of the Kazan State Conservatoire. From 1994 to 1996, Faraj Garayev was vice-president of the Moscow Association of Modern Music and from 1995, he has been the president of the Yeni Musiqi Union of Modern Music established in Baku. Art director of BaKaRa-ENSEMBLE (Baku) in 1980-1994. In 1991-1992, he was scholar of A.Krupp cultural Foundation (Essen, Germany).
Faraj Garayev studied at Baku Academy of Music. The recorded working language is Azerbaijani. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Moscow Conservatory. Distinctions recorded are Humay Award, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, People's Artist of Azerbaijan and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR.
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Key facts
• Name — Faraj Garayev • Born — 19 December 1943 • Origin — Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan • Occupation — Composer • Website — http: www.karaev.net/
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Creativity
Compositions by Garayev are performed at festivals and concerts in the CIS countries, Europe, South America, the USA and Japan. Conductors such as Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vassily Sinaisky, Alexander Lazarev, Maxim Shostakovich (the USSR, Russia), Rauf Abdullayev (Azerbaijan), Ingo Metzmacher (Germany), Reinbert de Leeuw and Ed Spanjaard (Netherlands), Ensemble of soloists of the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), “Studio of new music” (Moscow), Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt, Germany), Nieuw Ensemble and Schoenberg Ensemble (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Quatuor Danel (France), Continuum (New York City, USA) and others are among performers of his compositions.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Faraj Gara oghlu Garayev and Faraj Gara oglu Garayev. His recorded language was Azerbaijani. He was the child of Gara Garayev.
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Faraj Garayev is recorded as having received Humay Award, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR and People's Artist of Azerbaijan.
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Faraj Garayev received Humay Award, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, People's Artist of Azerbaijan, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR and Merited Artist of Russia.
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