Murad Kazhlayev
Murad Kazhlayev Мурад Кажлаев | |
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 Kazhlayev in 1993 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 15 January 1931 Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Azerbaijan) |
| Died | 23 December 2023 (aged 92) Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia |
| Genres | Classical |
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Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev[a] (15 January 1931 – 23 December 2023) was a Russian and Lak composer and conductor.[1] He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1981), People's Artist of the Republic of Dagestan (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, a professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.[2]
Biography
Murad Kajlayev was born on 15 January 1931 in Baku to a Lak family.[3]
He graduated from Baku State Conservatoire from the composition class of Boris Zeidman.[4] 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).[1]
Kajlayev died on 23 December 2023, at the age of 92.[5][6]
Awards
- Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2021)[7]
- Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1960)[7]
- People's Artist of the USSR (1981)[7]
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)[7]
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the III and IV degrees (2008, 1995)[7]
- Order of Friendship (2014)[7]
- The honorary diploma of the President of Azerbaijan for his services to the development of cultural ties between Azerbaijan and Russia (2021)[7]
- Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1970)[7]
Family
His father was Magomed Davudovich (1894-1963; otolaryngologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences), his mother was Yelena Mikhailovna (1908-1983; phoniatrician).[7]
He was married to Valida Islamovna Kajlayeva. His son is Hadjimurat Kajlayev (born 1962).[7]
Notes
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- Russian: Мурад Магомедович Кажлаев, romanized: Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev
- Azerbaijani: Murad Maqomedoviç Kajlayev
References
- ^ a b "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)
- ^ Саадуева, Ума (24 December 2023). "Дал гимн, балет и джаз. В Дагестане похоронили композитора Мурада Кажлаева". AiF (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Кажлаев, Мурад Магомедович". ТАСС (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2025.
External links
- Murad Kazhlayev discography at Discogs
- Murad Kazhlayev at IMDb as Murad Kazhlayev
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