Gara Garayev
Gara Garayev | |
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Qara Qarayev | |
| Born | February 5, 1918 Baku, Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (present-day Azerbaijan) |
| Died | May 13, 1982 (aged 64) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor |
| Years active | 1938–1982 |
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982) was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.