Khayyam Hadi oglu Mirzazade (; 5 October 1935 – 30 July 2018)Скончался выдающийся композитор, народный артист Хайям Мирзазаде was an Azerbaijani composer and professor.
Biography Khayyam Mirzazade was born on October 5, 1935, in Baku. In 1957, he graduated from Azerbaijan State Conservatoire and from 1957, he taught at Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. From 1969 to 1983, he was the manager of composition cathedra at Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. Khayyam Mirzazade is the author of symphonic and chamber compositions, music to drama spectacles and movies and lyric songs.
On October 7, 2000, he was awarded with Shohrat Order by the President of Azerbaijan.
Titles and awards Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1972) People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1987) Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1970) State premiums of Azerbaijan (1976,Ədəbiyyat, incəsənət və arxitektura sahəsində 1976-cı il Azərbaycan SSR Dövlət mükafatlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan KP MK-nın və Azərbaycan SSR Nazirlər Sovetinin 1976-cı il tarixli Qərarı — anl.az 1986) “Shohrat” Order (2000)
Compositions For chorus, soloist and symphony orchestra: “Blossom, our Motherland” cantata (together with E.Mahmudov, lyrics by Z.Jabbarzade, 1964) Ode about party (lyrics by B.Vahabzade, 1975)
For symphony orchestra: Symphony I (1957) Symphony II (Triptych, 1970) Little lyric suite (1963) Sketches-63 (1963) “In Mughan fields” suite (1967)
For chamber orchestra: Music (1964) 3 choreographic scenes (1969)
For woodwind instruments: Sextet (1962)
For string quartet: Quartet I (1956) Quartet II (1961) Four miniatures (1958) Norashen dances (1972)
For brass instruments: Quartet (1970)
For violin and fortepiano: Sonatina (1950) A poem and scherzo (1952)
For solo instrument Genesis, Sonata for viola solo (1982)
Music to movies 1961 – “Our street” 1964 – “Summit” (a plot in film-almanach “Whom do we love much” 1970 – “My seven sons” 1972 – “I grew up at the seaside” 1973 – “Along a dangerous marine way” (short-movie) 1974 – “Winds blow in Baku” 1977 – “A stab in the back” 1978 – “Country house for one family” 1981 – “The day after tomorrow, at midnight” 1985 – “Cottage season” 1987 – “Aphrodite’s hands” (short movie) 1990 – “Basement” 1993 – “My white city” 1993 – “Hello from another world” 1993-2002 – “Shooting is postponed”
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