Murad Kazhlayev
Murad Kazhlayev Мурад Кажлаев | |
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| Kazhlayev in 1993 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1931年01月15日)15 January 1931 Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Azerbaijan) |
| Died | 23 December 2023(2023年12月23日) (aged 92) Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | |
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 [ru] (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 [ru], a professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.[2]
Biography
[edit ]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 [ru].[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
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]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
[edit ]- ^ 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
[edit ]- Murad Kazhlayev discography at Discogs
- Murad Kazhlayev at IMDb as Murad Kazhlayev
- 1931 births
- 2023 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century Russian conductors (music)
- 20th-century Russian male musicians
- 21st-century classical composers
- 21st-century Russian conductors (music)
- 21st-century Russian male musicians
- Musicians from Baku
- Baku Academy of Music alumni
- First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR winners
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Male film score composers
- Male operetta composers
- Azerbaijani ballet composers
- Russian ballet composers
- Russian classical musicians
- Russian film score composers
- Russian male classical composers
- Russian male conductors (music)
- Russian music educators
- Soviet classical musicians
- Soviet conductors (music)
- Soviet film score composers
- Soviet male classical composers
- Soviet music educators
- Laks (Caucasus)