Haji Mammad oghlu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Hacı Məmməd oğlu Məmmədov, April 28, 1920 — August 2, 1981) was an Azerbaijani tar player and People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR.
Haji Mammadov Hacı Məmmədov | |
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| Born | 28 April 1920 Shamakhi, Shamakhi Uyezd, Azerbaijan SSR |
| Died | 2 August 1981 (aged 61) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Occupation | Tar player |
| Education | Azerbaijan State Medical Institute |
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Biography
editHaji Mammadov was born on April 28, 1920, in Shamakhi. He studied at Azerbaijan State Medical Institute in 1943–1948. In 1949–1970 he worked as a doctor-surgeon. In 1930–1948 he worked in Azerbaijan State Orchestra of Folk Instruments, from 1949 he was a soloist of Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.[1]
Haji Mammadov was one of the first performers of works of classical Russian and Western European composers on tar. He accompanied singers such as Bulbul, Seyid Shushinski, Zulfu Adigozalov, and toured in many foreign countries including Belgium, Poland, Hungary, Iran, Syria and Algeria.[2]
Awards
edit- People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR - May 18, 1963[4]
- Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
- Order of the Badge of Honour - June 9, 1959
References
edit- ^ Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасы 1982, p. 504
- ^ "Bu gün görkəmli tarzən Hacı Məmmədovun 100 yaşı tamam olur". www.az.baku-art.com. April 28, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tar ifaçılığının təbib ustadı". medeniyyet.az. July 17, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Республиканын инҹәсәнәт хадимләринә Азәрбајҹан ССР фәхри адлары верилмәси һаггында Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Совети Рәјасәт Һеј'әтинин Фәрманы" [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR on awarding honorary titles of Azerbaijan SSR to artists of the republic]. Коммунист (in Azerbaijani). 117 (12283): 1. May 19, 1963.
Literature
edit- Guliev, Jamil, ed. (1982). "Куба – Мисир". Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасы. Vol. VI. Baku: Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасынын Баш Редаксиjасы.
- Həsənova, Şəhla (2017). Hacı Məmmədov (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Şərq-Qərb. p. 104. ISBN 978-9952-517-72-9.