Murad Kazhlayev

Murad Kazhlayev
Мурад Кажлаев
Kazhlayev in 1993
Background information
Born(1931-01-15)15 January 1931
Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Azerbaijan)
Died23 December 2023(2023-12-23) (aged 92)
Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia
GenresClassical
Occupations

Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev (15 January 1931  23 December 2023) was a Russian and Lak composer and conductor. 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.