Soltan Ismayil oghlu Hajibeyov (5 May 1919 – 19 September 1974) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR on 26 July 1973.Bəstəkar S.İ.Hacıbəyova SSRİ xalq artisti fəxri adı verilməsi haqqında SSRİ Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 26 iyul 1973-cü il tarixli Fərmanı — anl.az
Biography Soltan Hajibeyov was born 5 May 1919 in Shusha, Russian Empire. He was Uzeyir Hajibeyov's cousin. Hajibeyov was a composer who contributed greatly to the formation of the national symphonic music of Azerbaijan. He authored a ballet "Gulshen" (1950), a musical comedy "Red rose" (1940), two symphonies (1944, 1946), "Karavan" (1945), a children's opera "Iskander and a shepherd" (1947)Hadzhibekov, Sultan Ismail Ogly, Big Soviet Encyclopedia, third edition. Accessed January 10, 2010. and an overture named Bayram.Hacıbəyov, Soltan. Overture for symphonic orchestre. 1967.
Hajibeyov was the Rector of Azerbaijan State Conservatory (now Baku Academy of Music) from 1969 to 1974. He received the Stalin Prize of second degree in 1952 for his ballet "Gulshen" and was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973.Soltan Hacıbəyov Azertag 08.05.2020
Hajibeyov died on 19 September 1974, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union.
See also List of People's Artistes of the Azerbaijan SSR Osman Hajibeyov
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Sources Aida Tagizade, Sultan Gadzhibekov : zhiznʹ i tvorchestvo (Sultan Gadzhibekov: life and creative work) , Baku, 1985 El'mira Abasova, Sultan Gadzhibekov , Azerbaijan State Publishing, Baku, 1965