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Gara Garayev

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

February 5, 1918(64)

Day of Death

May 13, 1982

Place of Birth

Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, People's Republic of Azerbaijan

Also Known As

Кара Абульфаз оглы КараевKara KarayevQara Əbülfəz oğlu QarayevГара ГараевКара Караев
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Gara Garayev

Sound

Biography

Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, 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.

Known For

Filmography